Reviews
The Transformations review: Andrew Pippos crafts a rich and realistic mid-life awakening
In The Transformations, Andrew Pippos deftly explores a journalist's personal metamorphosis.
Fly Girl review: girl power reaches soaring new heights
The little-known story of Deborah Lawrie, Australia’s first female commercial airline pilot, is presented with equal parts comedy and drama…
The Colleano Heart review: a remarkable Aboriginal success story
Shapeshifting for decades to avoid detection as Aboriginal, The Colleano Heart follows a remarkable family of circus performers who won…
Banquet review: captivating circus tackles the big issues
This innovative performance uses circus arts to explore class themes, but who's invited to the banquet?
Dangerously Modern review: fearless women artists who disrupted the male canon
Rewriting Australian art history, ‘Dangerously Modern’ at the Art Gallery of NSW is equally erudite and entertaining.
Fell review: Luke George’s performance leaves you hanging
Performed in a working saw mill, Luke George rivets audiences in a highly physical and poetic work for The Unconformity…
The Unconformity review: a festival that finds its own way
One of Australia's most remote arts festivals has no problem drawing audiences for its unique embedded, and genuine, program.
Melbourne Fringe 2025: a review diary
A selection of short reviews from the 2025 Melbourne Fringe Festival; rolling coverage which will be regularly updated.
Circus De Licious review: promising variety show doesn't quite hold together
The Circus De Licious performers brought energy but the Melbourne Fringe show lacked cohesion.
Elixir Revived review: brilliantly ocker acrobatics at Melbourne Fringe
A sophisticated subversion of masculinity, Elixir Revived asks what acrobats would get up to in a zombie apocalypse.