Reviews

Sessions 2013: Wendy Matthews
Canadian-Australian singer/songwriter Wendy Matthews delighted the crowd at Adelaide Festival Centre on Friday night.

The Other Place
Sharr White’s acclaimed drama, part mystery, part domestic tragedy, opens the MTC’s 2013 season.

The Midnight Dress
Karen Foxlee’s second novel is a brilliant, clever, eerie tale; a big, worldly idea wrapped up in a small town…

Chatterbox and the Proper Abuse of Language
A fast-paced but rather slight Fringe World show about the use and abuse of language.

Andy Warhol’s 15 Minutes of Fame
The expansive nature of this ambitious stage production proves to be its greatest weakness.

Overland #209
The summer edition of this fine journal makes manifest great writing’s ability to enthral, provoke, and encourage inquiry.

Giselle
This production by the Paris Opera Ballet is one of the defining works of dance history but seems as fresh…

Frisky and Mannish: Extra-Curricular Activities
Fringe World regulars Frisky and Mannish continue to engage, astound and delight Perth festival-goers.

Sessions 2013: Adam Page
One man band Adam Page is now based in New Zealand, but treated his home town of Adelaide to a…

The Peony Pavilion
This Peking opera, presented as part of the Sydney Festival, was a rare, exotic and somewhat challenging treat.