Reviews
Book review: First Year, Kristina Ross
Award-winning debut fiction about a young actress navigating her way around an education in the performing arts.
Dance review: U>N>I>T>E>D, Asia TOPA 2025
A futuristic epic that turned philosophical.
Exhibition review: Middle of a Moment: Aki Onda, The Substation, Asia TOPA
A multisensory exhibition exploring sound and memory.
Book review: Taking Apart The Bird Trap, Amanda Anastasi
This poetry collection explores life, loss and death in the western suburbs of Melbourne.
Performance review: Night Night, State Theatre Centre WA, Perth Festival
A magical-realist show about the origins of life on earth.
Performance review: Björn Again, West Gippsland Arts Centre
The ABBA tribute band are back on a country-wide tour.
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.