Reviews

Performance review: Jurrungu Ngan-Ga (Straight Talk), State Theatre Centre of WA
A dance performance that takes us into the brutality of prisons and detention centres.

Music review: Don’t Get Around Much Anymore: David Theak Meets WAYJO, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre
Music that transported appreciative audiences to bygone eras with rousing melodies.Â

Music Review: Camerata Cinematheque, QPAC, Brisbane Festival
String orchestra meets arthouse cinema in an intriguing melange of art forms.

Book review: Let's Never Speak of This Again, Megan Williams
This award-winning book is an enjoyable, insightful and distinctly Australian coming-of-age story.

Exhibition review: Toys, Tales and Tenacity, Shrine of Remembrance
An exhibition that provides an insight into the impact and experience of war on children.

Comedy reviews: Weird Al's Cousin, Garry Starr, Sydney Fringe Festival
Two very different solo acts revelling in silliness and provoking laughter.

Theatre review: Myra in Space, fortyfivedownstairs
An exploration of the experiences of older women lifted off to great heights.

Music review: Britten's War Requiem, QPAC, Brisbane Festival
Britten’s celebrated War Requiem takes pride of place in the Brisbane Festival.Â

Theatre review: The Hen House, Riverside Theatre
A celebration of migrant working women characterised by charming performances and a hypnotic soundscape.

Performance review: Eternity, St John's Cathedral, Brisbane Festival
Circa's Brisbane Festival show contemplates the eternal to impressive effect.