Reviews
Festival reviews: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, various venues
Four very different Australian shows at Edinburgh Festival Fringe impress with their content and direction.
Exhibition review: Neil Haddon and David Stephenson, Bett Gallery, Hobart
An unlikely pairing of two of Tasmania’s established artists, shaking up the landscape genre.
Music review: Australian Festival of Chamber Music, various Townsville venuesÂ
A reflection on some key concerts and events at the 2024 Australian Festival of Chamber Music.
Exhibition review: Hair Pieces, Heide Museum of Modern Art
An exploration of the significance of hair in contemporary culture through Australian and international art.
Theatre review: English, Southbank Theatre
The challenges of learning a second language are played out in an Iranian classroom.
Theatre review: The Importance of Being Earnest, fortyfivedownstairs
Cucumbers aplenty in a production of Oscar Wilde's classic work that also interweaves the playwright into the show.
Concert review: Wonderful World, Townsville Civic Theatre
A diverse musical program across environmentally conscious themes in a powerful humanistic ode to nature.
Exhibition review: Jurassic World: The Exhibition
A new immersive exhibition brings full-sized moving dinosaurs to Melbourne's inner north.
Theatre review: The Questions, State Theatre SA
A first date that inadvertently becomes extended thanks to lockdown. What could possibly go wrong?
Book review: Everyone on Mars, Larry Buttrose
A mixed bag of yarns set after the human colonisation of Mars.