Reviews
Musical review: The Grinning Man, Alex Theatre
A number of miscalculations may make you grimace instead of grin in the Australian premiere of this British musical.
Theatre review: WAY, fortyfivedownstairs
A one-person show that skilfully covers a societal issue with empathy and compassion.
Dance Review: SILENCE, His Majesty’s Theatre, WA
SILENCE is a plea for treaty in dance form with drum-heavy soundscapes and a clever use of comedy.
Theatre review: Peacemongers, Darebin Arts Speakeasy
An experimental think piece that played with the concept of a perfect world.
Music review: Hidden Thoughts I: Do I matter?, Southbank Centre
MSO’s Hidden Thoughts season is celebrating music’s ability to tell stories that move and inspire us.
Book review: No Church in the Wild, Murray Middleton
A complex and confronting story about migrant youth from the towers of Melbourne's inner west, their teachers and the local…
Exhibition review: Characters, Hayden's Gallery
Six contemporary women artists using conceptual art to explore change, process and the philosophy of art.
Performance review: I Wish..., Theatre Royal
Children's circus in a collaborative effort that gently introduced young visitors to physical theatre.
Exhibition review: Odalala, nireekshane and Uyirvu, Arts House
Australian and international artists examine histories of caste, migration, gender and sexuality.
Theatre review: The King's Player, Alex Theatre
A one-man comedy show inspired by 'Hamlet', and told from the perspective of a lowly minstrel desperate for promotion.