Reviews

Prime: Orderly
An enthralling program combining dance and science, which raised major concerns about the preservation of the marine environment.

Capturing Flora
This superb book accompanies a major exhibition of the same name at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, the largest of…

Impossible Beats of New York
The Australian debut of New York composer/performer/sound designer Sxip Shirey provided ecstatic melody, irreverent electric-acoustic noise on a bizarre array…

Tarantula
A terrific new Australian play about the extraordinary life of femme fatale Lola Montez, the Irish-born actress who scandalised the…

An Act of Now
Anouk van Dijk’s first work as Chunky Move’s new Artistic Director is a compelling and visceral exploration of social interaction.

Potted Potter
Condensing all seven books in the Harry Potter series into 70 minutes results in a very funny production ideal for…

Managing Carmen
David Williamson’s new play about a cross-dressing footballer is crass, clunky and clichéd.

If It Bleeds: The Christine Chubbuck Story
In 1974, an anchor on a small-town TV station shot herself in the head, live on her morning talk show.…

The One Hundred Year Old Man Who...
Jonas Jonasson's blackly comic novel is a European publishing phenomenon.

The Taming of the Shrew
This high culture mash-up of Herman Goetz’s opera and Shakespeare’s drama leaves art the winner in a WAAPA experiment that…