Reviews
Elisabeth Murdoch String Quartet Finals
The Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition is a festival of chamber music, not just a competition.
Show Me Yours, I’ll Show You Mine
The magic of this work is in its ability to convince you that you aren’t watching a performance at all.
Gypsy
A top-tapping old-fashioned musical shows the spectacle-obsessed new kids how it’s done.
Wake in Fright
Renee Palmer’s production of this caustic Australian classic feels more of a curiosity than a gripping drama.
Cinderella
Opera Queensland and New Zealand Opera have teamed up to produce a delightfully entertaining production.
Joy Fear & Poetry
An unsuccessful attempt at presenting an unrestrained, unconstructed view of what it means to be a child today.
Standard Double
Sharply written character comedy from Kate McLennan and Wes Snelling, set and performed in a hotel room.
Feel & Think: A New Era of Tokyo Fashion
This innovative Japanese exhibition considers fashion not only as clothing, but as a conceptual art form and creative language.
Fright or Flight
This show works not only because of the skill, bravado and relationships on stage, but because of a beautiful vulnerability.
My Country, I still Call Australia Home: Contemporary Art from Black Australia
A massive and provocative exhibition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait art.