Reviews
St Matthew Passion, Brisbane Festival (QLD)
It may be Bach heard through different languages, instruments and times but the glory still resonates.
Shadows/Champions of Dance, Dublin Fringe Festival (Ireland)
Dublin Fringe continues with Derek Byrne’s debut play based on a real-life encounter at a cruising spot, and a madcap,…
The Long Call by Ann Cleeves
Cleeves certainly knows how to construct a captivating, intricate plot with lots of unexpected turns.
Admin/Villains, Dublin Fringe (Ireland)
A one-man show about loneliness, longing, and social media-enhanced isolation, and a dance theatre piece exploring call-out culture through a…
The House of Youssef by Yumna Kassab
A remarkable debut collection of short stories elegantly detailing the lives of Lebanese migrant families in western Sydney.
Book Review: My Name Is Monster by Katie Hale
Hale’s debut novel is an examination of power and changing mother-daughter relationships.
Book Review: See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill
Hill’s must-read book combines detailed research, candid testimonies and an incisive analysis of how abuse perpetrators and victims think.
Book Review: From Here On, Monsters by Elizabeth Bryer
Bryer’s debut novel is a challenging and artful work that plays with parallels.
Review: Britten’s Peter Grimes in Concert, Sydney Symphony Orchestra (NSW)
SSO’s concert performance of Britten’s opera brought out the best of the best – so where was the audience?
Book Review: The Professor and the Parson by Adam Sisman
A detailed biography of a masterful conman and the historian who pursued him.