Reviews

Exhibition review: Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Mahdavi, NGV
What is gained, and lost, in the NGV's latest masterpieces blockbuster featuring French painter Pierre Bonnard and designer India Mahdavi.

Book review: The Power of Trees, Peter Wohlleben
Ancient forests are waiting for us to let them save us.

Book review: Eta Draconis, Brendan Ritchie
An award-winning 'cli-fi' novel tracks two sisters as they make their way in a dying world.

Cabaret review: Jens Radda: Skank Sinatra, The Butterfly Club
This drag queen and comedian has a whole lot of presence and talent.

Concert review: 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert, Adelaide Festival Theatre
Celebrating fifty years of fabulousness!

Theatre review: Do Not Go Gentle, Roslyn Packer Theatre
Patricia Cornelius' award-winning play about ageing and raging against the dying of the light is remounted in this large-scale production.

Exhibition review: Once More With Feeling, Ngununggula
Four artists rethink femininity as an attitude, rather than a gender-informed aesthetic.

Theatre review: Scenes From the Climate Era, Belvoir St Theatre
A play comprising 65 short scenes explores likely climate era possibilities.

Performance review: Forty Years on Forty Stages from Coolangatta to Convent Garden, Opera Queensland Studio
Acclaimed operatic bass, Conal Coad presented a highly enjoyable program of musical delights.

Book review: Island of Yeahnahnesia – Vol 1 by Yok and Sheryo
After presenting the ’Yeahnahnesia’ exhibition at AGWA, artists Yok and Sheryo further share the scope of their world building.