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The Magic Flute review: a first-of-its-kind opera collaboration in Adelaide
State Opera South Australia’s The Magic Flute is opera for our times.
No Dancing in the Lift, Mandy Sayer review: a vivid memoir
Sayer's No Dancing in the Lift paints an intimate portrait of an unconventional childhood.
Speaking in Tongues review: Bovell's script comes alive in Black Swan's hands
Speaking in Tongues by Black Swan somehow manages to be funny, serious, flippant and profound.
Ryoji Ikeda review: 2025 Now or Never’s spirit captured in this sonic-visual masterpiece
Blinding light and digitally synthesised ‘noise’ rattle the body and open a portal to another universe.
The Wolf Who Cried Boy review: Mark Mupotsa-Russell’s heart-wrenching second novel
A six-year-old child’s reality blurs with fantasy in The Wolf Who Cried Boy.
The Farm review: Jessica Mansour-Nahra’s page-turning gothic thriller
Jessica Mansour-Nahra's The Farm poses troubling questions about the cycle of domestic violence, motherhood, and female bodily autonomy.
The Last Princess of Lebanon review: looking back at one's heritage
The Last Princess of Lebanon explores a great-grandmother's journey from a Lebanese palace to rural Queensland.
Katabasis review: R F Kuang latest book is clever and absurd
It is rare to encounter a story that can be described as both ‘light imaginative escapism’ and ‘dense philosophical exploration’,…
La Bohème review: now relocated to 1930s Berlin at the Sydney Opera House
La Bohème is an operatic classic that still charms, but shows its age.
Destiny review: an MTC production that explores South Africa under Apartheid
Destiny, by promising playwright Kirsty Marillier showcases life under South African Apartheid but misses opportunities to deliver an emotional, philosophical…
