Lesley Graham

Lesley Graham has been active in dance and dance education for over 30 years. She is a regular reviewer for ArtsHub and Dance Australia, a curriculum consultant, and represents Ausdance National on the National Advocates for Arts Education (NAAE).

Lesley Graham's Latest Articles

Feathers. Image: Peter Mathew.
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Feathers review: Terrapin Puppet Theatre triumphs in Tasmania

Feathers has everything you could want for intergenerational audiences looking for meaning in relationships and hope for our futures.

Lesley Graham

Oct 6, 2025
Three performers wearing black and white are reaching out to a third who is climbing on the stage.
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Ballet review: Relâche: The Last Dance on Earth, Odeon Theatre, Hobart 

A fusion of dance, Dadaist performance art and silent film.

Lesley Graham

Feb 28, 2025
A group of performers are dancing in a gallery space. There are images of trees and mountains on screen panels around them.
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Performance and exhibition review: Ground Beneath/Ocean Between, Queen Victoria Museum and Arts Gallery

A dance and video installation of a regional youth dance troupe.

Lesley Graham

Oct 8, 2024
I Wish... In front of a backdrop of a huge moon in the night sky, four circus performers dressed in yellow, blue, red and green perform, with two performers holding aloft a third who is doing the splits, while the fourth performer stands at the back holding up an Astera light tube.
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Performance review: I Wish..., Theatre Royal

Children's circus in a collaborative effort that gently introduced young visitors to physical theatre.

Lesley Graham

May 2, 2024
ROOKE perform Nimble at Theatre Royal Hobart. A balding man with a beard holds a hoop up over the heads of an audience of children and parents sitting on the floor. He wears a green T shirt and white shorts.
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Circus review: (Excerpts from) Nimble, Theatre Royal

Tasmania's circus troupe presented a show nimble in name and act.

Lesley Graham

Apr 29, 2024
A body wrapped in paper is carried aloft by five women who have their backs to the viewer.
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Dance review: To Carry/To Hold, Theatre Royal Hobart

A dance work that focused on touch, skin, and the history and glory of the human body.

Lesley Graham

Apr 23, 2024
Performing Lines Sector Day Tasmania, large group of people sit and stand for a photo call.
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Performing Lines Sector Day 2023

The annual conversation and discussion day for Tasmania-based creatives explored key initiatives and issues, while also welcoming new creatives to…

Lesley Graham

Nov 28, 2023
Australian Performing Arts Forum. A panel of five woman sit and address an audience. One with grey hair has a microphone.
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Australian Performing Arts Forum 2023: an overview and summary

An overview of the recent Australian Performing Arts Forum 2023, held in Meanjin/Brisbane.

Lesley Graham

Oct 18, 2023
A paper cut out of a boy in yellow top and blue pants running away from a green paper cut monster.
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Theatre review: The Paper Escaper, Theatre Royal Studio, Hobart

The Paper Escaper follows the adventures of a character who wants to leave a pop-up book and write their own…

Lesley Graham

Oct 11, 2023
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Performance review: Interloper, Theatre Royal, Hobart

Tasmanian circus performers offer a gentle and generous piece of theatre.

Lesley Graham

Jul 19, 2023
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