Acting
Performance review: F Christmas, Malthouse Theatre
The antidote to traditional Christmas schmaltz.
Theatre review: Wanderings, Queensland Theatre
Nest Ensemble’s latest production is a thoughtful, well-conceived two-hander that examines important current societal issues.
Musical review: A Christmas Carol, Comedy Theatre
Back again for its third iteration, this version comes with a new Scrooge and is as engaging as the previous…
Performance review: Edging, Arts House
A show highlighting the perverse reality of Australia’s border security processes.
Performance review: Zaffé, Arts House
A joyous wedding party in the face of real life.
Theatre review: The Comprehensive A-Z of Missing Persons Australia, The Liberty Theatre
A multimedia exploration into the plight of the missing.
Theatre review: Watersong, Clubhouse Theatre, Townsville
A stunning production by Townsville-based First Nations actors and playwright mines generational family drama.
Theatre review: Jack Maggs, Adelaide Festival Centre
Based on the novel by Peter Carey, this production is a fine new work in the Australian theatrical canon.
Theatre review: Sweat, Wharf 1 Theatre
A play about hardscrabble small-town Americans by a Pulitzer-winning playwright is grimly prescient.
Performance review: The Wharf Revue: The End of the Wharf As We Know It, Seymour Centre
After 25 years, The Wharf Revue – famous for lampooning Australian politicians – is presenting its final show.