Victoria
Exit Interview: Alice Nash, Back to Back Theatre
As she prepares to move on to a new role at the Australia Council, Alice Nash looks back on almost…
Theatre’s demise has never been so entertaining
Performance collective post and Hong Kong Repertory Theatre have cut up the Western theatrical canon and reassembled it as irreverent,…
Review: Going Down, The Butterfly Club (VIC)
Modern-day social media spiritual guru The Truru returns in another satire.
Review: Japanese Modernism, NGV International (VIC)
Curated as a kind of ‘cabinet of curiosity’, the NGV’s exhibition celebrates a lively and energetic period of Japanese history.
Review: The Winter’s Tale, La Mama Theatre/Asia TOPA (VIC)
An enjoyable version of Shakespeare’s plot-heavy potboiler moves the action to 1920s Hong Kong and 1970s Australia.
Review: Sva Kranti, Footscray Community Arts Centre/Asia TOPA (VIC)
Mallika Sarabhai’s mixed-media performance is a call to action against injustice everywhere.
Review: A O Lang Pho, Arts Centre Melbourne/Asia TOPA (VIC)
Vietnamese Bamboo Circus’s stunning show embeds impressive physical skills in a vivid, cohesive narrative.
Review: Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep, Arts Centre Melbourne/Asia TOPA (VIC)
Margaret Leng Tan cuts a figure of elegance, grace and ferocity in this blend of piano, storytelling and projection art.
Review: Agatha Gothe-Snape – The Outcome is Certain, Monash University Museum of Art (VIC)
Through text, colour and technology, Gothe-Snape’s retrospective considers how the canon is written, rewritten and unwritten.
Review: Are You Ready to Take the Law Into Your Own Hands, Arts House/Asia TOPA (VIC)
Asia TOPA presents a high-energy musical delight with extraordinary use of video.