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A young man and an older man are staring at blank canvas. Shellshocked.
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Theatre review: Shellshocked, Holden Street Theatres, Adelaide Fringe Festival

The psychological ravages of war laid bare in unexpected ways. 

A brunette woman in a red singlet is staring up at a blond man in a olive top.
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Theatre review: Berlin, The Stables Meat Market, North Melbourne

Secrets and lies, the past and the present: Joanna Murray-Smith's play returns for a short season.

Irish actor Stephen Rea in Samuel Beckett's 'Krapp's Last Tape' at Adelaide Festival 2025. The photograph depicts Rea, an older fair-skinned man with an unruly shock of greying hair, hunched over an old reel-to-reel tape deck to which he listens anxiously.
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Theatre review: Krapp’s Last Tape with Stephen Rea, Adelaide Festival 2025

A masterful actor performs Beckett’s masterpiece about the inevitable march of time: an unmissable production.

Two young girls in school uniform.
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Theatre review: The Children’s Hour, Old Fitz Theatre

Ninety years on from when Lillian Hellman first wrote the play, its story is still relevant.

A large screen depicting a black and white screen showing a group of people in a field. There are musicians playing in the foreground.
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Performance reviews: Samsara: A Cine-Concert, Ultimate Safari, LEGENDS (of the Golden Arches) Perth Festival

Three short-run shows at Perth Festival explore a range of topics and mediums.

Opera for the Dead performance shot, featuring two movable stages, each with a performing standing at its centre, slightly obscured by black stingy curtains. The image is dark other than the stage being slightly illuminated from below.
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Performance review: Opera for the Dead (祭歌), Asia TOPA 2025

A cyber-opera that deserves the world stage.

Three young girls in school uniform are holding back their teacher, who's dressed in white, with a straw hat.
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Theatre review: Picnic at Hanging Rock, Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House

The Sydney’s Theatre Company’s production lives up to the reputations of both the well-regarded book and the classic film.

Close up pf priest collar.
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Theatre review: The Christian Brothers, Holden Street Theatres, Adelaide Fringe Festival

A well-executed and chilling account of Catholic education in days gone by.

A man in a cap and a vest over a white shirt. There is mist around him.
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Theatre review: Criminal Outsider, various venues, Adelaide Fringe

Never underestimate the power of a woman.

Caroline Lee, with brown hair in pony tail and wearing blue top, is tussling with Peter Houghton, a man with grey hair in a suit. Honour.
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Theatre review: Honour, Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre

An excellent production of a 30-year-old play, but it does feel a bit dated.

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