Reviews

Aviary
MELBOURNE FESTIVAL: Love him or hate him, BalletLab’s Phillip Adams is a game-changing pace-setter in contemporary dance.

Griffith REVIEW no. 34
The Annual Fiction Edition of this excellent journal features new writing from Benjamin Law, Romy Ash, Chris Womersley, Melissa Lucashenko…

Holding the Man
STATE THEATRE COMPANY OF SA: Based on the best-selling book by Timothy Conigrave, Tommy Murphy's play is a heartfelt, hilarious…

Kursk: An Oratorio Requiem
MELBOURNE FESTIVAL: A complex and ambitious collaboration between Australian composer David Chisholm and Russian poet Anzhelina Polonskaya.

This Year's Ashes
GRIFFIN: Jane Bodie's new play is a touching urban fable of connection and redemption, of moving and moving on.

The Damned
BLACK SWAN: Reg Cribb’s latest play is a confronting yet unforgettable piece of theatre about two teenage girls who commit…

Who Killed Mario Lanza?
PARAMATTA RIVERSIDE: Bravo for this magnificent show, a musical biography of the opera tenor and movie star, Mario Lanza, who…

The Cook by Wayne Macauley
Not a book recommended for vegetarians

Jewels & Bullets
MELBOURNE FRINGE: An ode to forgotten Australian classic songs, as covered by a house band accompanied by a host of…

Polarity
MELBOURNE FRINGE: Inspired by choreographer Tina Evans’ 2010 visit to the Antarctic, this delicate work was danced upon cold concrete…