Reviews
Theatre review: Shellshocked, Holden Street Theatres, Adelaide Fringe Festival
The psychological ravages of war laid bare in unexpected ways.
Performance reviews: Hope and Gluttony, Adelaide Fringe Festival
A choir full of hope and other assorted goodies in this year's Adelaide Fringe.
Theatre review: Berlin, The Stables Meat Market, North Melbourne
Secrets and lies, the past and the present: Joanna Murray-Smith's play returns for a short season.
Theatre review: Krapp’s Last Tape with Stephen Rea, Adelaide Festival 2025
A masterful actor performs Beckett’s masterpiece about the inevitable march of time: an unmissable production.
Dance review: A Quiet Language, Australian Dance Theatre, Adelaide Festival 2025
A complex, compelling production, by turns anguished and joyous, angry and elegiac, honouring six decades of radical dance history.
Book review: The Buried Life, Andrea Goldsmith
Three people form an unlikely bond in this tale about messy relationships across generations.
Book review: Elegy, Southwest, Madeleine Watts
A road trip that meanders around love and loss.
Ballet review: Relâche: The Last Dance on Earth, Odeon Theatre, Hobart
A fusion of dance, Dadaist performance art and silent film.
Theatre review: The Children’s Hour, Old Fitz Theatre
Ninety years on from when Lillian Hellman first wrote the play, its story is still relevant.
Book review: Eat Your Heart Out, Victoria Brownlee
A literary amuse-bouche that will leave romance readers happily sated.