Reviews
The Burning Library: Our Great Novelists Lost and Found
Geordie Williamson has written a rallying cry concerning Australia's literary canon and its preservation.
The Velveteen Rabbit
Rarely has a bunch of adults playing with toys been so wonderfully compelling, for the target audience and their parents…
Louise Bourgeois and Australian Artists
A must-see exhibition of works by Australian artists with a real or imagined relationship with the late Louise Bourgeois.
Eat Me
Recently republished as part of the Text Classics range, Linda Jaivin’s debut novel is a refreshing take on the interplay…
Castor and Pollux
Pinchgut Opera’s production of this 1754 opera does its composer, the Frenchman Jean-Philippe Rameau, proud.
Messiah
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra dedicated this performance of Handel's Messiah, with soprano Siobhan Stagg, to the late Dame…
Mariage Blanc
This bawdy, surrealist excursion into youthful lust and prudishness is held back by the inconsistency of its tone.
SubUrbia
Eric Bogosian’s study of prematurely defeated 20-somethings is brought to stunning, wrenching life in this Exhibit A: Theatre production.
Charles Dickens performs a Christmas Carol
A good story combined with a good story-teller can turn the most adult of us into gawping children. This production…
The Queen of Spades
Based on the success of this production, Sydney Symphony should try their hand at opera more frequently.