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Access. Image is a man in a white T-shirt and dark trousers sitting in a chair with his eyes closed opposite another empty chair.
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Performance reviews: Access, Dougie Baldwin and Aza: stories of grief in diaspora, Melbourne Fringe Festival

An hour of anarchic clowning, emotional experimentation and diasporic mourning at Melbourne Fringe 2023.

Lakshmi Ganapathy

Oct 24, 2023
Mood. Image is non-binary person with short dark hair and sleeveless black top sitting in a chair, right is a book cover of pastels, the word MOOD in large letters and a big black blob in the middle of it all.
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Book review: Mood, Roz Bellamy

Mood is a memoir that explores mental illness, queerness and relationships.

Laura Pettenuzzo

Oct 24, 2023
Borderland. Image is two fold - on the left a bald headed Indigenous man in a blue shirt and dark jacket, on the right a book cover with a magpie looming over a young Indigenous boy.
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Book review: Borderland, Graham Akhurst

A coming-of-age tale about a city-born Indigenous teenager.

Jessica Gildersleeve

Oct 24, 2023
Tarnanthi. Image is gallery space full of colourful Namatjira paintings and a full-size sculpture of a First Peoples bearded man in a white cowboy hat.
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Exhibition review: Vincent Namatjira: Australia in Colour, Art Gallery of South Australia

Namatjira's paintings examine the politics of history, power and leadership from a contemporary Aboriginal perspective.

Jo Pickup

Oct 24, 2023
Late. Image is black and white author's headshot on left – clean shaven man with short hair and dark jacket. On the right is a pink book cover with a pencil outline drawing of a face.
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Book review: Late, Michael Fitzgerald

A speculative 'what if?' novel inspired by Marilyn Monroe.

Ellie Fisher

Oct 24, 2023
Angel Strings. Image is a cosmic view of swirling colours on a large screen on a dome, with a crowd seated below and looking up at the dome.
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Music review: Angel Strings and K Mak, Scienceworks Planetarium, Melbourne Fringe Festival

A successful marriage of cosmic imagery and ethereal music.

Thuy On

Oct 23, 2023
A bare chested man is angling his head to stare directly ahead.
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Performance reviews: Exhumed: The ‘Best’ of Bradley Storer, Leather Lungs: Happy Ending, Baba, Melbourne Fringe Festival

Three impressive shows at Melbourne Fringe Festival: two cabarets that touched on big and personal themes and a moving tribute…

Arjun Rajkhowa

Oct 23, 2023
Fradulent horse girls. Image is a young girl in a blue jumper, red and white stripey T-shirt below, and orange waistcoat with hands on her chest looking upwards in a pleading fashion, with horse pictures behind her.
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Performance review: All the Fraudulent Horse Girls, Trades Hall, Melbourne Fringe Festival

A queer coming-of-age production that involved a fever dream of horses and the novelist work of Cormac McCarthy.

Nina Culley

Oct 23, 2023
Frankenstein. Image is the back of a hairless human like monster, full of scars and markings.
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Theatre review: Frankenstein, Playhouse Theatre, QPAC

Shake & Stir Theatre Co's adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic tale mixes traditional and modern theatre together to create a…

Lisette Drew

Oct 23, 2023
Paradise. Image is a man is running away from a large puppet vulture.
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Performance Review: Paradise or the Impermanence of Ice Cream, Space Theatre, OzAsia Festival

A brilliant monologue brimming with existential angst and traditional Indian ice cream. 

Dr Diana Carroll

Oct 23, 2023
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