Reviews

Theatre review: The Importance of Being Earnest, fortyfivedownstairs
Cucumbers aplenty in a production of Oscar Wilde's classic work that also interweaves the playwright into the show.

Concert review: Wonderful World, Townsville Civic Theatre
A diverse musical program across environmentally conscious themes in a powerful humanistic ode to nature.

Exhibition review: Jurassic World: The Exhibition
A new immersive exhibition brings full-sized moving dinosaurs to Melbourne's inner north.

Theatre review: The Questions, State Theatre SA
A first date that inadvertently becomes extended thanks to lockdown. What could possibly go wrong?

Book review: Everyone on Mars, Larry Buttrose
A mixed bag of yarns set after the human colonisation of Mars.

Book review: All You Took From Me, Lisa Kenway
Once begun, this psychological thriller is hard to put down.

Book review: Dirrayawadha, Anita Heiss
The prolific author returns to the Frontier Wars in this epic Australian fiction.

Book review: The Shortest History of Music, Andrew Ford
Andrew Ford’s new book is stunningly comprehensive, but its academic tone would be a daunting slog for the average reader.

Immersive experience review: Sunrise Journeys, Uluṟu
Activating the desert sands of Central Australia, Sunrise Journeys is a clever contemporary adaptation that extends the tourism offering in…

Theatre review: Karim, National Theatre of Parramatta
How one young man's life changes when he discovers a traditional Middle Eastern instrument.