Vanessa Francesca

Vanessa Francesca is a writer who has worked in independent theatre. Her work has appeared in The Age, The Australian and Meanjin

Vanessa Francesca's Latest Articles

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Theatre review: Sunday, MTC

The loose boundaries of art and love are explored in this portrait of Heide Museum founder, Sunday Reed.

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Book review: Forty Nights, Pirooz Jafari

A multilayered, multi-voice tale of dispossession and dislocation.

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Exhibition review: Leave Only Footprints, Tamara Dean

A survey of the photographic artist that spans over two decades of her practice.

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Exhibition review: Lovers and Misfits

Photographic portraits of the seminal punk movement in Australia.

Indigenous Trilogy
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Theatre review: An Indigenous Trilogy, La Mama

Three plays that explore issues of contemporary Indigenous life.

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Book review: Freedom Only Freedom, Behrouz Boochani

The author's own writings are combined with essays from experts on migration, refugee rights, politics and literature.

Fed Square
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Performance review: A Score for Fed Square and Sun Songs

The 20th anniversary of Melbourne's Federation Square was heralded by site-specific sonic and lighting works.

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Theatre review: The Meeting

An imagining of a meeting between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, exploring the opposing views of these two…

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Exhibition review: 1000 Year Plan for Gertrude Glasshouse

A complex mixed media showing of works on paper, glass sculptures, combined with original operatic music score.

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Exhibition review: Bolder

Drawings and paintings are taken to new realms with Augmented Reality (AR) to make the viewer see in different ways.

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