Reviews

Musical review: Jesus Christ Superstar, Capitol Theatre
Go for the voices, not the storytelling.

Performance review: Peter and the Starcatcher, Arts Centre Melbourne
The prequel to 'Peter Pan' is fun for all the family.

Book review: The Truth about my Daughter, Jo Skinner
An exploration into the power dynamics and emotional upheavals of one family.

Book review: Annihilation, Michel Houellebecq
A dour look at the state of the contemporary world.

Book review: The Belburd, Nardi Simpson
A lyrical, multi-stranded novel about connection to Country.

Opera review: Lucia di Lammermoor, Her Majesty’s Theatre
Much darkness and just a little light in State Opera South Australia’s revival of Donizetti's grim tragedy.

Exhibition review: Nusra Latif Qureshi: Birds in Far Pavilions, Art Gallery of New South Wales
An exhibition that references and utilises past practices to reflect on current preoccupations.

Theatre review: Waiting for Godot, The Street Theatre
A powerful take on a 20th century classic of the Western theatre canon.

Musical review: My Brilliant Career, Sumner Theatre
It's an all-singing, all-keyboard playing and totally exuberant Sybylla Melvyn.

Theatre review: The Inheritance, Seymour Centre
This marathon production, based on the seminal E M Forster novel 'Howards End', makes huge demands of the audience –…