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The Memory of Water. Image is of one women in a pink hued bed, another sitting on it with her leg dangling over the side and a third standing by the side of the bed holding her head.
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Theatre review: The Memory of Water, Ensemble Theatre

This award-winning play about three sisters is a bittersweet comedy.

Matthew Collins

Oct 31, 2023
Twelfth Night. A dark spotlit stage features small trees in large pots, a couple of actors cuddle on. either side of the stage and a person centre stage with arm raised, wearing a white waistcoat, braces and black shorts.
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Theatre review: Twelfth Night, Sydney Opera House

This production of Shakespeare's classic gender swap comedy deliberately dramatises its tragic elements.

Ned Hirst

Oct 31, 2023
Bacon. Image is a woman in a white wedding-like dress trying to dodge six orange balls being thrown at her.

Performance review: Bacon, A Dodgeball Named Desire, Melbourne Fringe Festival

Navigating self-acceptance and homophobia in one show, dodging a slew of balls in another, with sport versus arts.

Arjun Rajkhowa

Oct 30, 2023
Ernabella Arts. Warka Wiru. Image is a gallery space with a corrugated snake like plinth on a polished wooden floor bearing a wide selection of diverse ceramics.
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Exhibition review: Ernabella Arts: Ceramic Warka Wiru 20 Years-kutu, JamFactory

A celebration of 20 years of ceramic artwork at Ernabella Arts Centre.

Jo Pickup

Oct 30, 2023
Flake. Image is a grungy kitchen theatre set with two people sitting at a table, a young woman of Asian appearance on a stool with white shirt, grey trousers and hands on knees and an older bent over man with black trousers, white shirt, glasses and straggly grey hair.
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Theatre review: Flake, Red Stitch Actors' Theatre

A story of family, connection and dislocation set in Hanoi.

Arjun Rajkhowa

Oct 30, 2023
Infinitely Closer. Image is three dancers in tight flesh coloured t-shirtsa and grey pants, two close to the camera, one at the back of the stage, spotlit and bent over, with large screens covered in projections of other dancers. Audience members can be seen seated to the far right and far left.
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Dance review: Infinitely Closer, Festival Theatre

A boundary-pushing experiment with a powerful impact.

Celina Lei

Oct 29, 2023
I Swallowed a Moon Made of Iron. Image is a man sitting at a grand piano playing and singing, while on a screen behind him are translations of Chinese poetry into English.
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Performance review: 我咽下一枚铁做的月亮 I Swallowed a Moon Made of Iron, Dunstan Playhouse

Poetry revealing the despair of a factory worker was turned into songs that tugged at the heartstrings.

Celina Lei

Oct 29, 2023
Melanie Hava. Image is a long painting stretching round three black walls. Painting is of colourful tropical Far North Queensland rainforest.
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Exhibition review: Melanie Hava: Bugan Mungan, Cairns Art Gallery

A must-see nine-metre long painting by one of Tropical North Queensland’s celebrated artists.

Jack Wilkie-Jans

Oct 27, 2023
Shower Thots’. Figure in a green/blue dressing gown crouches over in a huddle on the tiles beside a pool, while holding a toothbrush between their toes.
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Dance review: Shower Thots, Melbourne City Baths, Melbourne Fringe Festival

Dance at the pool offers amphibious playfulness and chlorinated whimsy.

Leila Lois

Oct 27, 2023
Salvant. Image is of a spotlight woman wearing a black cloak with arms outstretched to the side to fill half the spotlit space, looking at the camera and with multicoloured hair.
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Music review: Cécile McLorin Salvant, QPAC

Award-winning jazz performer, Cécile McLorin Salvant, wows the audience.

Kate Watson

Oct 26, 2023
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