Reviews

Musical review: Black Box, Cremorne Theatre, QPAC
An important Australian invention, the Black Box is being celebrated on stage in a new musical.

Performance and venue review: Elegant, VIVA
Melbourne has a new cabaret venue that offers food and drink as part of its entertainment offering.

Theatre review: The Librar(IAN), The Butterfly Club
‘The Librar(IAN)’ is a semi-autobiographical hour of comedic theatre celebrating the important role libraries and librarians play in their local…

Exhibition review: JXSH MVIR: Forever I Live, Koorie Heritage Trust
When kinship is involved – it shows.

Theatre review: World Problems, Southbank Theatre
A solo show that spans near and far, borne of personal and global events.

Book review: Thunderhead, Miranda Darling
Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway, this novella explores coercive control.

Exhibition review: Mac Hewitt, Ellen Giannikos, Andrew Anka, Anthony Jackman, Gerard Russo, SOL Gallery
Mythical worlds, dreamlike vignettes, colour-drenched abstractions and twisted Dadaism all feature in SOL Gallery’s latest feast of Melbourne art.

Dance review: Études/Circle Electric, Sydney Opera House
A double bill of dance that canvasses contemporary and classical works.

Book review: Loving My Lying, Dying, Cheating Husband, Kerstin Pilz
'Till death do us part' is put to the test in this heartbreaking memoir.

Book review: Model Minority Gone Rogue, Qin Qin
A memoir that tracks what happens when a formerly dutiful child decides to pursue her own path.