Thuy On

Thuy On is the Reviews and Literary Editor of ArtsHub and an arts journalist, critic and poet who’s written for a range of publications including The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Sydney Review of Books, The Australian, The Age/SMH and Australian Book Review. She was the Books Editor of The Big Issue for 8 years and a former Melbourne theatre critic correspondent for The Australian. She has three collections of poetry published by the University of Western Australian Press (UWAP): Turbulence (2020), Decadence (2022) and Essence (2025). Threads: @thuy_on123 Instagram: poemsbythuy

Thuy On's Latest Articles

A bare stage aside from a single chair. To the left of it is a white teenaged girl looking anguished on the floor. An older white woman is behind her holding her and attempting to console her.
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Theatre review: The Almighty Sometimes, Southbank Theatre

The MTC's adaptation of this multi award-winning play about teenage mental illness is sensitive and nuanced.

Thuy On

Apr 21, 2024
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Exhibition review: Art of The Brick, Melbourne Showgrounds

Over a million LEGO pieces have been used in this exhibition, which returns to Melbourne with new sculptures.

Thuy On

Apr 19, 2024
Image is a book flying through the air with its spine down and the pages flapping open. literary house. Vitagraph.
Q&A

A vital new independent literary house

Vitagraph is a new artist-led literary organisation that's just released its debut journal.

Thuy On

Apr 17, 2024
Freelance creatives. Cost of living. Image is an alarm clock, next to piles of coins and a little wooden house model, with foliage in the background.
News

Freelance creatives struggling in cost of living crisis

Australian creative freelancers are doing it tough, with many reporting a decline in revenue.

Thuy On

Apr 15, 2024
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Comedy review: Wankernomics 2.0: As Per My Last Email, Athenaeum Theatre, MICF 2024

Scribble this on your Post-it note: the boys are back with a new show about marinating in office hell.

Thuy On

Apr 14, 2024
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Comedy Review: Ting Lim: Well... This Is Awkward, Storyville Melbourne, MICF 2024

A rising Australian/Singaporean comedian struggles with being unkind.

Thuy On

Apr 14, 2024
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Comedy review: Best of the Edinburgh Fest, Athenaeum Theatre, MICF 2024

Three comedians in one hour. What more do you want?

Thuy On

Apr 14, 2024
NT Writers Festival. Image is a group of people standing outside with the sun coming through the trees and observing a smoking ceremony.
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Reverberations through time and place

This year’s NT Writers Festival asks us to consider causality and effect, and the impact of our actions on others…

Thuy On

Apr 12, 2024
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Features

Book trailers: moveable blurbs on screen

Book trailers are visual shortcuts and can be part of a targeted marketing plan.

Thuy On

Apr 12, 2024
Indigenous Literacy Foundation. Image is a young Aboriginal child reading a book about emus and pointing at the illustration on the page.
News

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation wins the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2024 

The Indigenous, Community-led organisation wins the largest award of its kind in the world.

Thuy On

Apr 10, 2024
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