Victoria
Performance reviews: Exhumed: The ‘Best’ of Bradley Storer, Leather Lungs: Happy Ending, Baba, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Three impressive shows at Melbourne Fringe Festival: two cabarets that touched on big and personal themes and a moving tribute…
Performance review: All the Fraudulent Horse Girls, Trades Hall, Melbourne Fringe Festival
A queer coming-of-age production that involved a fever dream of horses and the novelist work of Cormac McCarthy.
Opera review: The Visitors, Arts Centre Melbourne
Victorian Opera's adaptation of Jane Harrison's novel and play leads audiences to new ways of thinking about opera and Australia’s…
Moira Finucane honoured with 2023 Fringe Living Legend Award
The ‘gothic queen’ of cabaret has been honoured for her provocative work and long commitment to Fringe.
Performance reviews: Enemies of Grooviness Eat Sh!T, WAKE, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Two Fringe feminist shows about women in all their power and vulnerabilities.
New look at photography
Bringing together works from the NGV collection over nearly 140 years, ‘Photography: Real and Imagined’ considers the depth and breadth…
Performance reviews: Big Dyke Energy and T4T: A Transgender Showcase, Melbourne Fringe Festival
An unforgettable stand-up comedy and powerful showcase with trans and non-binary cast.
Exhibition review: Design Fringe 2023, Linden New Art
Where would design take us if it no longer has the answers?
Comedy reviews: Wil Greenway: The Ocean After All and Scout Boxall: Pork Chop, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Two comedians ply their craft at Trades Hall for Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Performance reviews: Only Bones – Daniel Nodder, So..., Melbourne Fringe Festival
Two shows that explore some comedic freestyling using the body as a prop and a darkly absurd premise.