Reviews
![Nameless. On the left is a head and shoulders author shot of a middle aged Caucasian woman with a white top under a pinafore type dress. She has shoulder length greying hair cut in a bob with a fringe. On the right is a book cover with a black linocut image of a side on woman against a green backdrop.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/nameless.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Nameless, Amanda Creely
War and its voiceless victims are the harrowing topics of this novel.
![Chloe. On the left is a book cover of a young woman painted in the nude, with the bottom of the painting in flames. On the right is an author headshot of a middle aged Caucasian woman with straight long fair hair and a fringe. She is smiling.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/kell.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Chloé, Katrina Kell
A fictionalised exposé of the woman who modelled for the famous painting that hangs in Melbourne's Young and Jackson Hotel.
![Heartsease. On the left is a head and shoulders author shot of a young Caucasian woman with long strawberry blonde hair and a blue top. She is standing in front of foliage. On the right is a bookcover featuring a group of brown flowers](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/ease.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Heartsease, Kate Kruimink
Sisterly bonds prevail in the fog of grief.
![Safe Haven. On the right is an author headshot, waist up of a woman of Indian appearance, all in black with arms folded, smiling and looking off the right. On the left is a book jacket in blue, with an illustration of a boat on the sea at night on the front.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Untitled-design-221.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Safe Haven, Shankari Chandran
The Miles Franklin Award-winning author's new book tackles the politics of Australian detention centres.
![Perfumes of the East. SXS performers stand on stage with their instruments. A soloist stands in a green dress. Large flowers adorn the side and back of the stage.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/SXS_Perfumes_of_the_East_2-6-24_00141.jpg?w=310)
Music review: Southern Cross Soloists: Perfumes of the East, QPAC
A last-minute program change impacted this carefully crafted concert of the Southern Cross Soloists.Â
![Never Closer. Four student looking types lounge around a shared house set at Christmas time. One woman brandishes a bottle towards a man and a woman sitting at a table. A fourth man leans to the side wearing a Santa hat.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/BELVOIR_NeverCloser_PhotoBrettBoardman_003198_Adam-Sollis-Ariadne-Sgouros-Raj-Labade-Emma-Diaz1.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Never Closer, Belvoir St Theatre
Set against the backdrop of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, this debut play returns for another successful run.
![Three actors in orange hi-vis clothes with a huge oval backdrop showing clouds, stand behind a mass of complicated poles.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/MBT_Scott-Price-Sarah-Mainwaring-Bron-Batten_c-Jeff-Busby1.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Multiple Bad Things, Merlyn Theatre, Malthouse
Back to Back's latest production presents another layered look at the intersectional experience of people with a disability.
![Ghosts. A young woman in a white dress stands on stage in a dark and gloomy house set with a blue/purple light behind where through the window. There is a lonely chair and piles of books near her.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Ghosts-Production-Image-11.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Ghosts, Theatre Works
A new iteration of Ibsen's work retains the core, but moves the action from Norway to the Australian outback.
![RISING: A group of three First Peoples and a Caucasian man performing in a rock band with an arch of stage lights behind them. Two are playing guitars, the lead singer is standing on a packing case and one is waving drum sticks.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/BNNB-Rising-Low-Res-38-e1717390017165.jpg?w=310)
Performance reviews: RISING Festival, first weekend
RISING Festival is now off and running. Here is ArtsHub's round-up of the performing arts offerings on the first weekend.
![Devonté Hynes. An African American man with a black short beard, brown cap and brown jumper sits at a grand piano playing intently.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Devonte-Hynes-x-SSO_Sydney-Opera-House_credit_Jordan_Munns-171-e1717376385606.jpg?w=310)
Music review: Devonté Hynes, Sydney Opera House
Complementing his earlier work as Blood Orange, this classical music concert showed the multi-talented musician's impressive range.