Reviews

Festival review: Ni Ni Madre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Arturo LuÃz Soria channels his feisty Brazilian mother to explore the complexity of love and trauma.

Festival review: A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
An absurdist two-hander that moves from childhood games of war to actual battlefields.

Festival review: I Wish You Well – The Gwyneth Paltrow Ski-Trial Musical, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
A parody musical that takes delight in skewering all things Gwyneth Paltrow.

Festival review: June Carter Cash, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
A tribute to June Carter Cash, interwoven with the life story of a devoted fan.

Book review: The Book of Elsewhere, Keanu Reeves and China MiévilleÂ
The film star and award-winning writer collaborate on a novel that successfully fleshes out Keanu Reeves’ 'BRZRKR' comic book universe.Â

Theatre review: Apologia, Malthouse Theatre
Reality and surrealism collide in one woman's fantasy of wanting to be a French actress.

Exhibition review: Generation Clay, Bunjil Place Gallery
'Generation Clay' presents Asian heritage celebrated and tweaked in a superlative mix of art and community.Â

Music review: Symphony Series 5 – Fearless, Adelaide Town Hall
Lord Byron writ large in music at the Adelaide Town Hall!

Opera review: La Rondine, Palais Theatre
A production that celebrated the operatic skill and emotive gusto of leads Kiandra Howarth and Won Whi Choi.

Festival review: Through the Mud, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Protest theatre about the US Civil Rights Movement that uses original songs and traditional gospel to tell its stories.