Reviews
Festival review: week three, Brisbane Festival
Some of the highlights of week three of Brisbane Festival.
Book review: Sunbirds, Mirandi Riwoe
Set in the Dutch East Indies on the eve of World War II, this novel draws you in and keeps…
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