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In the production of 'Ilarun' a black woman in white, with a white turban, is sitting down wit h her arms apart. On the right is a tuft of plants.
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Theatre review: ILARUN: The Cutting Comb, fortyfivedownstairs

A story of decolonised power based on a 18th century Jamaican matriarch.

Dorcas Maphakela

Dec 10, 2024
The Future and Other Fictions exhibition at ACMI. image Eugene Hyland.
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Review: The Future & Other Fictions, ACMI

ACMI's centrepiece summer exhibition imagines a future where things could be better.

Rochelle Siemienowicz

Dec 10, 2024
Black and white image of a women in 1970s taking self portrait. Carol Jerrems
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Exhibition review: Carol Jerrems: Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra

Subtlety lost in nostalgic voyeurism, as a retake on Carol Jerrems work is not as fresh as implied.

Gina Fairley

Dec 9, 2024
Singer Missy Higgins wearing a white pantsuit and holding a guiltar on stage. Behind her on the left is another musician playing the guitar.
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Music review: Missy Higgins, The Second Act Tour 2024, ALWAYS LIVE festival

Missy Higgins stands in her own power in the face of heartbreak and uncertainty.

Savannah Indigo

Dec 9, 2024
Sarah Blasko, in white, is in the centre of the stage. Five musicians surround her. The lighting is in shades of purple.
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Music review: Sarah Blasko, Theatre Royal Castlemaine, ALWAYS LIVE festival

Sarah Blasko launches her seventh album to a captive Castlemaine audience.

Beth Child

Dec 9, 2024
Two images. On the left is 'Meanjin' Editor Esther Anatolitis who has short black hair, is wearing glasses and bright earrings. On the right is the cover of her book, 'Essays That Changed Australia' with a red tone pattern.
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Book review: Meanjin: Essays that Changed Australia: 1940 to today, Esther Anatolitis (editor)

This collection showcases a range of convincing, important and erudite voices.

Erich Mayer

Dec 9, 2024
Prospero Arts and QPAC's 2024 production of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Pirates of Penzance – in Concert'. Two actors kneel on the stage, with the orchestra and conductor visible behind them. The woman wears a red and orange Victorian dress and straw hat; she is smiling broadly at a young man in a blue and yellow jacket, opened to reveal his white short and white trousers. He wears high black boots and a colourful scarf dangles from his waist.
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Performance review: The Pirates of Penzance – In Concert, QPAC

Gilbert and Sullivan at their finest in this rip-roaring crowd-pleaser, which offers an all-star cast with many musical gems.

Suzannah Conway

Dec 6, 2024
'Yin Xiuzhen: Piercing the Sky', installation view at Power Station of Art. A metal plane-like structure with a sedan attached and a needle reaching into a mosaic of clothing installation near the ceiling.
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Exhibition review: Yin Xiuzhen: Piercing the Sky, Power Station of Art Shanghai

Love letters to shoes, a flesh-like sonic tower and a cosmic horn – it's clear that Yin Xiuzhen is a…

Celina Lei

Dec 5, 2024
Five women in the cast of 'The Heartbreak Choir' singing.
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Theatre review: The Heartbreak Choir, Ensemble Theatre

Themes of community, forgiveness and understanding lie at the heart of this crowd-pleaser, which rounds out Ensemble’s 2024 season.  

Peter Hackney

Dec 5, 2024
A concert scene with two musicians on stage. The one on the left is surrounded by keyboards. The one on the right has a guitar.
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Music review: Air, Moon Safari, ALWAYS LIVE festival 

A magical Melbourne evening under the stars, thanks to the French duo’s blissful refrains. 

Stephen A Russell

Dec 5, 2024
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