Reviews
Music review: Anoushka Shankar, Sydney Festival
Anoushka Shankar and her band delighted in reworking Hindustani music for an appreciative crowd.
Opera review: Orpheus & Eurydice, Sydney Festival
Far from detracting from the enjoyment, acrobats add to the complexities of this classic opera.
Book review: 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang, James Hardy Vaux and Simon Barnard
Simon Barnard brings new light to a dictionary from the early days of Australia's colonisation.
Opera review: Il Tabarro, Sydney Festival
Ambitiously staged aboard a lightship, this production struggled to stay afloat.
Musical review: Grease: The Musical, Her Majesty's Theatre
It's colourful and energetic certainly, but this production does not do anything to update the original flavour.
School activities review: Slow Art Collective: Pavilion 2024, Abbotsford Convent
A free, immersive and creative workshop experiences for kids.
Book review: Burn, Melanie Saward
A powerful debut fiction that reveals unsettling answers to 'Why are good kids misbehaving?'.
Book review: The Furphy Anthology 2023, edited by Joanne Holliman
These 16 stories were drawn from over 600 entries to the annual short story competition.
Exhibition review: Brent Harris, TarraWarra Museum of Art
Brent Harris' ambiguous and surreal forms explore the body, familial relationships and (post) death.
Book Review: Life Skills for a Broken World by Dr Ahona Guha
A practical guide to good psychological help to bring in the new year.