Reviews
Castlemaine State Festival: performing arts
From bands, ensembles and choral groups to Indigenous pantomime and cabaret, this festival has the performing arts covered.
Flesh and Bone
An unpretentious, witty and memorable exploration of gender roles and the construction of attraction.
Glen Hansard with The Frames
On Saturday night in the dying throes of Adelaide’s so-called ‘Mad March’, Her Majesty’s Theatre played host to this meandering…
Once on this Island
The latest WAAPA production is strongly performed and presented, though the students would be better served by something more substantial.
The Joy of Text
Danny’s a bright kid and determined to be revenged against the teachers who’ve misjudged him, while teaching them about irony…
The Select (The Sun Also Rises)
New York's Elevator Repair Service have adapted Ernest Hemingway’s second novel a little too faithfully to the stage.
Philippe Jaroussky
French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky provides a modern glimpse of the rock star status enjoyed by the 18th century's castrati.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Kate Cherry has directed a superb production of Oscar Wilde's classic commentary on double standards and hypocrisy.
Nosferatu
Society has become the vampire and we are all its prey, is the message of this powerful but difficult Polish…
Atoms for Peace - Amok
Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Red Hot Chili Peppers' slap-bassist Flea have collaborated to create this engaging and captivating new album.