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Malacañang Made Us. Image: Queensland Theatre Company.
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Malacañang Made Us review: cancel culture meets martial law

Malacañang Made Us, presented by Queensland Theatre Company, shows how one act of resistance can ripple across generations.

Genevieve Hegney and Catherine Moore in Fly Girl. Photo: Prudence Upton.
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Fly Girl review: girl power reaches soaring new heights

The little-known story of Deborah Lawrie, Australia’s first female commercial airline pilot, is presented with equal parts comedy and drama…

The Colleano family, subject of the film, The Colleano Heart. Image: The Colleano Heart.
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The Colleano Heart review: a remarkable Aboriginal success story 

Shapeshifting for decades to avoid detection as Aboriginal, The Colleano Heart follows a remarkable family of circus performers who won…

Banquet. Photo: Viva Circus.
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Banquet review: captivating circus tackles the big issues

This innovative performance uses circus arts to explore class themes, but who's invited to the banquet?

Man suspended from ceiling from ropes in balance with a log. The Unconformity, Luke George
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Fell review: Luke George’s performance leaves you hanging

Performed in a working saw mill, Luke George rivets audiences in a highly physical and poetic work for The Unconformity…

Close up photograph of a person's arm holding a yellow signal flag in the landscape as part of The Unconformity.
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The Unconformity review: a festival that finds its own way

One of Australia's most remote arts festivals has no problem drawing audiences for its unique embedded, and genuine, program.

A blurry arm with tattoos in the foreground. In the background the converse clad legs of someone laying on a tattoo bed while Xani, dressed in brown, gives them a tattoo. A scene from 'Tattoo Show' by Rawcus at Melbourne Fringe 2025.
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Melbourne Fringe 2025: a review diary

A selection of short reviews from the 2025 Melbourne Fringe Festival; rolling coverage which will be regularly updated.

The Mighty Caesar. Circus De Licious. Photo: Ian Sutherland.
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Circus De Licious review: promising variety show doesn't quite hold together

The Circus De Licious performers brought energy but the Melbourne Fringe show lacked cohesion.

Elixir Revived. Image: Jason Matz.
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Elixir Revived review: brilliantly ocker acrobatics at Melbourne Fringe

A sophisticated subversion of masculinity, Elixir Revived asks what acrobats would get up to in a zombie apocalypse.

Karlis Zaid in The Lucky Country. Photo: Jodie Hutchinson.
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The Lucky Country review: 'absolutely, vitally funny'

A genre-hopping musical comedy, The Lucky Country tackles the question of national identity with real heart and humour.

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