Nanci Nott
Nanci Nott's Latest Articles
Theatre review: Where Water Once Was, Blue Room Theatre, WA
An entertaining exploration of ennui and inevitable entropy.
Exhibition review: Discovering Ancient Egypt, WA Museum Boola Bardip
Magic spells, ancient rituals and eternal life abound in this truly exceptional exhibition experience.
Book review: Sad Girl Novel, Pip Finkemeyer
A fundamentally meta novel that plays with its own understated self-awareness.
Comedy reviews: Brodi Snook, Rose Callaghan, Jennifer Wong, Perth Comedy Festival
These three comedians are different in style, but were standouts in Perth and are touring now.
Book review: The Albatross, Nina Wan
An understated debut novel featuring tandem timelines, unresolved tension and well-controlled prose.
Book review: Fat Girl Dancing, Kris Kneen
An achingly honest memoir of otherness, queerness and embodied becoming.
Performance review: Hell is Other People, Blue Room Theatre, WA
Sartre’s infamous existential play is brilliantly reimagined, sans dialogue.
Dance review: Ballet to Broadway, His Majesty's Theatre, WA
West Australian Ballet shines in this breathtaking triple bill.
Theatre review: The Bleeding Tree, The Blue Room Theatre
This unforgettable murder ballad explores the tense relationship between violence, complicity, unity and resilience.
Book Review: Hard to Bear, Isabelle Oderberg
This thoughtful examination of pregnancy loss combines anecdotal wisdom, scientific evidence and investigative journalism.