Acting
Performance review: Overflow, Arts Centre Melbourne
A discomforting but illuminating exploration of the trans and gender-diverse experience.
Theatre review: Marriage, Midsumma Festival
How does the institution of marriage affect the queer community?
Theatre review: Saplings, Sydney Festival
Stories of young people in the youth justice system.
Musical review: RENT: The Musical, QPAC
This latest iteration of Jonathan Larson's hit show will captivate a new generation of music theatre lovers.
Theatre review: The Inheritance, fortyfivedownstairs
A theatre marathon about the intergenerational relationships, romantic or otherwise, of a gay community in New York City.
Performance review: Dangerous Goods, QPAC
A high-octane cabaret that includes circus, aerials, drag and burlesque.
Performance review: Afrocentric, National Gallery of Victoria
Nightly performances that celebrate the African diaspora in Australia.
Theatre review: Australian Gothic Tales, The Butterfly Club
A lacklustre presentation of Australian stories that sidesteps Gothic elements entirely.
Opera review: Orpheus & Eurydice, Sydney Festival
Far from detracting from the enjoyment, acrobats add to the complexities of this classic opera.
Opera review: Il Tabarro, Sydney Festival
Ambitiously staged aboard a lightship, this production struggled to stay afloat.