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![No Church in the Wild. Murray Middleton. Image on the left is an author upper body shot of a white man in his 20s/30s sitting at a wooden table with his hands clasped on the table, and wearing a blue jumper. On the right is the book cover, which features a facade of a block of commission flats with the book's title laid over the balconies.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Untitled-design-201.jpg?w=310)
Book review: No Church in the Wild, Murray Middleton
A complex and confronting story about migrant youth from the towers of Melbourne's inner west, their teachers and the local…
![Image is a conceptual artwork that is a frame of 64 rectangular shapes laid out in eight rows with a black bold framework around and between them. Characters.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mia-Salsjo1.jpg?w=310)
Exhibition review: Characters, Hayden's Gallery
Six contemporary women artists using conceptual art to explore change, process and the philosophy of art.
![Image is a dark gallery with a shiny wooden floor and a white box seat. On the walls are two 3D pieces, one a cupboard like work and the other comprising abstract faces.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Odalala-1_Tiffany-Garvie1.jpg?w=310)
Exhibition review: Odalala, nireekshane and Uyirvu, Arts House
Australian and international artists examine histories of caste, migration, gender and sexuality.
![The King's Player. Image is a bald white actor dressed in scruffy Middle Ages clothes with his mouth agape and his arms stretched out in surprise. Behind him is a large yellowish backdrop featuring a circle with a picture of a juggler in it.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/The-Kings-Player-Prod.-Still1-e1714536755494.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: The King's Player, Alex Theatre
A one-man comedy show inspired by 'Hamlet', and told from the perspective of a lowly minstrel desperate for promotion.
![The Story Thief, Kyra Geddes. Image on left is an author shot of a white woman in a white shirt, with a brown bob, smiling at the camera and leaning on a mantelpiece. On the right is the book cover showing the back of an 1800s woman in black striding along a dusty outback track with her back to us.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Untitled-design-191.jpg?w=310)
Book review: The Story Thief, Kyra Geddes
A feminist perspective on Henry Lawson's 'The Drover’s Wife'.
![Excitable Boy. Image on left is a head and shoulders shot of a white man in his 30s wearing a blue shirt under a grey jumper. On the right is a book cover with a photo of a young ragamuffin boy standing on a garden path between bushes and with a cigarette in his hand.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Untitled-design-e1713942106560.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Excitable Boy: Essays on Risk, Dominic Gordon
Dominic Gordon's first book takes us down Melbourne's lesser known paths.
![Rocks holding up. Simone Slee. image is two pieces of rock on a plinth. They are on top of each other with a bulbous glass artefact squeezing out from between them.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Image-21.jpeg?w=310)
Exhibition review: Simone Slee: Rocks holding up, Sarah Scout Presents
A suite of sculptural works that is reflective and playful.
![Wild Dogs Under My Skirt. Image is a group of Samoan women on a stage sitting on chairs in a semi circle and holding their fists together in front of them. In the middle stands another woman in a grey dress raising her arms triumphantly. The camera is at the back of the audience so some silhouetted heads are in the foreground.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Wild-Dogs-Under-My-Skirt-at-SoHo-Playhouse-7_Adam-Kissick1-e1714363865453.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Wild Dogs Under My Skirt, Riverside Theatres
Poetry-based work about being a Samoan woman performed by a multi-skilled ensemble.
![Ginklet art. Image is a ceramic two-headed grey creature with horns and big red lips.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Ginklet1-e1714354798464.jpeg?w=310)
Exhibition review: Adrian Cox, Catriona Secker, Katie Gamb, Ginklet, Beinart Gallery
Melbourne’s world-class surrealist art gallery delivers again with incredible Australian and international talent.
![Dirt Poor Islanders. Image on left is an author shot from the thighs up of a young Islander woman all in black with long black hair and her arms crossed in front of her against a red backdrop. On the right is a book cover of an empty yellow drink can with pink flowers wound around it. Winnie Dunn.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Untitled-design-181.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Dirt Poor Islanders, Winnie Dunn
Winnie Dunn's debut is the first novel to explore the diffusion of a Tongan-Australian culture.