Reviews
Ordinary Days review: a new New-York set musical at fortyfivedownstairs
Ordinary Days is an ode to chance encounters and the magic waiting to be found in metropolitan life
Our New Gods by Thomas Vowles review: a sexy queer debut novel set in Melbourne
Our New Gods moves what could have been a predictable coming-of-age story in an exciting new direction.
Artbank On Display review: 45 years worth celebrating
More showroom than exhibition, 'On Display' offers a glimpse into the calibre of Artbank’s collection and is testament to its…
Lost and Finding review: raw energy at Flight Path Theatre
Lost and Finding is a fantastical comedy with a sense of adventure (and puppets).
Arborescence review: Rhett Davis' novel takes 'tree change' to a new level
Arborescence is speculative fiction at its best: an end-of-world story that offers green leaves of hope.
Man Ray and Max Dupain review: an exhibition exploring two important 20th century artists
Man Ray and Max Dupain's photographic works span still life, nudes, portraits, fashion and advertising.
Would That It Were a Fortress review: June Jones EP is a chrysalis
June Jones’ music is intensely personal, interrogating gender identity, mental health, disability and what healing might look like.
The 39 Steps review: Hitchcock gets the slapstick treatment
Hitchcock spy thriller meets Monty Python-style humour in The 39 Steps, a rollicking action-comedy.
Sister Bullwinkel review: a biography by Lynette Ramsay Silver tackles the truth after 80 years
Lynette Ramsay Silver’s account about Sister Bullwinkel, Australia's wartime nurse, makes for grim reading, but we shouldn’t look away.
Trophy Boys review: boys will be boys on tour
Runaway hit play Trophy Boys returns to excoriate a world of privilege and male collusion.