Reviews

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.

Exhibition review: New Dog Old Tricks, Ngununggula
This summer exhibition demonstrates the complex roles dogs play in society and taps into the human condition.

Musical Theatre review: The Choir of Man, Arts Centre Melbourne
Singing and dancing in a pub setting brings frothy joy to all.

Book Review: The Buddhist and the Ethicist, Peter Singer and Shih Chao-Hwei
A flawed and occasionally reprehensible dialogue between a Buddhist monastic and a moral philosopher on issues such as animal welfare,…