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Voiceworks #91: Summer 2012-13

The latest issue of this literary magazine for writers under 25 successfully explores contemporary themes and the marrying of past…

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The Addams Family – The Broadway Musical

If it weren't for a flawed second half, this would be an instant classic. As it is, it’s merely a…

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Deviator

The latest work from Perth’s pvi collective encourages you to break free from accepted modes of thinking about place, routine,…

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Beowulf – A Thousand Years of Baggage

A unique theatre experience in which the characters and story of the epic Anglo-Saxon poem are simultaneously celebrated and deconstructed.

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Chelsea Light Moving

The new album from Thurston Moore and friends is a school reunion for the ears – distantly familiar, but sadly…

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St Matthew Passion

Lindy Hume's direction of Opera Queensland and The Camerata of St John’s, and some unusual staging choices, resulted in a…

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Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: Carmen

Performances are excellent, but the spectacle overwhelms the drama in this extravagant staging of Bizet's famous opera.

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Goran Bregovic and the Weddings & Funerals Orchestra

Alternating between sombre and joyous, the renowned Bulgarian composer and musician and his band played wonderfully and sang gorgeously.

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False Start: A memoir of things best forgotten

Australian author Mark O'Flynn's wry look back at his life as an accidental expert is amusingly written, but little more.

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The Lost Carving: A Journey into the Heart of Making

An exquisite detailing of the preservation of an old art, and a compelling meditation on the philosophy of artistic practice.

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