Reviews
Exhibition review: Chick Butcher – Vault, Seven Marks Gallery
Ambitious minimal exhibition raises the bar with a new ARI taking on the ‘tough’ shows.
Book review: The Anniversary, Stephanie Bishop
All at sea: an anniversary on a cruise ship leads to traumatic circumstances.
Comedy reviews: Jordan Gray, Anna Piper Scott, MICF
Two trailblazing trans comics taking this year's Melbourne Comedy Festival by storm.
Book review: Birnam Wood, Eleanor Catton
What happens when a gardening guerrilla group becomes entangled with a billionaire?
Comedy reviews: Circus Oz, Jeff Green, Mark Watson, MICF
An ensemble of high flyers and two English comedians take to the stage.
Exhibition review: Hannah Quinlivan and Dobell Drawing Prize
Hannah Quinlivan nails it, when it comes to the expanded practice of drawing in our times.
Performance installation review: NEWRETRO, ACCA
Lucy Guerin’s retrospective at ACCA presented an immersive and comprehensive dive into her experimental choreographic world.
Comedy review: Taylor Griffiths, No Thoughts, MICF
Take a meandering trip around Melbourne and see whose paths you'll cross.
Comedy reviews: Kitty Flanagan, Dr Brown Beturns, MICF
Sparkling wit or utterly wordless – take your pick.
Comedy reviews: Risky Spizzness, Nat's What I Reckon, MICF
Two comedians who may appear to have little in common, but are both brave enough to share their deepest insecurities…