Reviews
TV review: Books That Made Us
This ABC and Blackfella Films production tries to get books back on the box but focuses too much on celebrity.
Theatre review: Prayer Machine, Red Stitch Actors' Theatre
A two-hander about navigating memory, trust and love.
Theatre review: Eureka Day, State Theatre Company SA
A prescient, timely show about viral outbreaks that predates COVID.
Theatre review: As You Like It, MTC
A big cast, a lavish set, and a legacy of high Renaissance pastoral comedy animate MTC's lockdown return.
Book review: The Stoning, Peter Papathanasiou
Outback noir debut follows and diverges from the dusty trail set by Jane Harper's The Dry.
Theatre review: Highway of Lost Hearts, Lingua Franca and BMEC
A truly exceptional production that is winsome, lyrical and at times even transcendent.
Ballet review: The Sleeping Beauty, West Australian Ballet
Elite visual storytelling thrills in the form of dance.
Concert review: Last Night of the Proms, WASO
A flag-raising tribute to a night of classical favourites.
Book review: How to end a story, Helen Garner
An autofiction revealing the pearls and poignancy of everyday life.
Theatre review: Dry, State Theatre Company SA
Climate change bites: an apocalyptic future scenario.