Reviews
Theatre review: Blackout Songs, Red Stitch Actors' Theatre
A two-handler about alcoholism and memory.
Performance review: Romeo & Juliet Suite, Sydney Opera House
Depending on which night you attend, the roles of Rome and Juliet will be played by three separate couples.
Exhibition review: Ivan Durrant: Marmalade Skies Through Opal Eyes, Hamilton Gallery
An exhibition that focuses on Ivan Durrant's commitment to colour and observations of the world around him.
Performance review: ANITO, RISING Festival, Arts House
Costume, puppetry, drag, dance and experimental electronic music combine to interrogate colonial wrongs.
Exhibition review: Katrina Rhodes and Stefano Ives, Fortyfivedownstairs
Two virtuosos of Australian surrealist art share a gallery in Melbourne’s CBD with captivating results.
Exhibition review: George Gittoes: Ukraine Guernica, Hazelhurst Arts Centre
The desolation and insanity of war is on stark display in this powerful exhibition.
Book review: Suddenly Single at Sixty, Jo Peck
A splendid and heartfelt response to the oldest cliché in the book – the husband who leaves the writer for…
Book review: Gone, Glenna Thomson
A rural cold case of a missing girl and those grieving her absence.
Book review: Depth of Field, Kirsty Iltners
A well told story that tackles the fallout from the fallibility of memory.
Book review: Psykhe, Kate Forsyth
A new telling of the classic myth focuses on the power and agency of Psykhe.