Theatre
What Darwin Festival learned about operating in a pandemic
The homegrown Darwin Festival 2020 created a palpable sense of community despite adhering to social distancing guidelines.
Review: Mouthpiece, Adelaide Festival (SA)
Kieran Hurley’s thrilling drama interrogates poverty porn clichés, the rules of playwriting, and asks who has the right to tell…
Review: Cold Blood, Adelaide Festival (SA)
Technically adept and visually striking, this Belgian production uses miniature sets, live video editing and the performers’ fingers to bring…
Review: Dimanche, Adelaide Festival (SA)
Inventive puppetry tells a story of environmental collapse in a family-friendly show that ventures into bleak territory.
Review: The Doctor, Adelaide Festival (SA)
Exquisitely written and performed, this drama about identity, gender, faith and science is mesmerising and utterly of the moment.
Adelaide Fringe at 60
Over six decades to date, the Adelaide Fringe has been both a playground and a career springboard for Australian and…
Six, Sydney Opera House (NSW)
This contemporary take on 16th-century English history marries witty writing with 90s girl pop.
High Performance Packing Tape, Sydney Opera House (NSW)
Despite an assured performance and impressive sound design, Branch Nebula’s production lacks surprise.
Performing Arts at Junction Arts Festival (Launceston TAS)
The past meets the present, ghosts strut their stuff, abandoned spaces are revived, and Tasdance scores another hit.
Review: Titus Andronicus, Sydney Opera House (NSW)
Bell Shakespeare ‘queers and redreams’ Titus in this gripping and hellish production.