live performance
Theatre review: The Heart Whispers and Whirls, Shirley Burke Theatre
A multidisciplinary ensemble of international women sharing their heritage through poetry, folk songs, dance and shadow puppetry.
Festival review: Ni Ni Madre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Arturo Luíz Soria channels his feisty Brazilian mother to explore the complexity of love and trauma.
Festival review: A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
An absurdist two-hander that moves from childhood games of war to actual battlefields.
Festival review: I Wish You Well – The Gwyneth Paltrow Ski-Trial Musical, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
A parody musical that takes delight in skewering all things Gwyneth Paltrow.
Festival review: June Carter Cash, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
A tribute to June Carter Cash, interwoven with the life story of a devoted fan.
Theatre review: Apologia, Malthouse Theatre
Reality and surrealism collide in one woman's fantasy of wanting to be a French actress.
Music review: Symphony Series 5 – Fearless, Adelaide Town Hall
Lord Byron writ large in music at the Adelaide Town Hall!
Opera review: La Rondine, Palais Theatre
A production that celebrated the operatic skill and emotive gusto of leads Kiandra Howarth and Won Whi Choi.
Opera review: Così fan tutte, Sydney Opera House
If you can forgive the problematic sexual politics, 'Così fan tutte' is enormous fun.
Theatre review: Uncle Vanya, Ensemble Theatre
Joanna Murray-Smith's adaptation of Chekhov's classic play is elegant and tasteful.