Reviews
Book review: Never Look Desperate, Rachel Matthews
A comedic novel that cradles emotional warmth at its core.
Performance review: I Am (Not) This Body, Arts House, Melbourne Fringe Festival
A a cross-disciplinary exploration of the performer's relationship with her body in the world.
Theatre review: The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race, Bille Brown Theatre
Mashing through the glass ceiling, one potato race at a time.
Performance reviews: How to Shave and It’s Like a Circle, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Comedy that unpacks the highs and lows of transmasculine identity and theatre exploring the realms of queer love.
Performance review: The Blood Vote, Gasworks Arts Park
Fusing opera and circus, The Blood Vote by composer Jenny Game and librettist Caitlin Vincent sees Australian suffragist Vida Goldstein…
Dance review: Architect of the Invisible, State Theatre Centre of Western Australia
Contemporary dance merges with classical literature in this symbolic reimagining of Dante Alighieri’s 'The Divine Comedy'.
Performance Reviews: HIGH PONY, LOOPS, Black Widow, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Four Melbourne Fringe Festival works show the range on offer, from comedy to circus, cabaret and street tours.
Dance review: Angela Goh Axe Arch Echo, AGNSW
Goh's meta-narrative of obstruction and negative space projected intrigue in fearful symmetry.
Theatre review: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, Belvoir St Theatre
Every element of this journey into the closing stages of Billie Holiday's life and career is entrancing from start to…
Theatre review: The Paper Escaper, Theatre Royal Studio, Hobart
The Paper Escaper follows the adventures of a character who wants to leave a pop-up book and write their own…