Sunday, August 11, 2019
A detention centre dark-comedy featuring the star of Australian cinema Anthony LaPaglia, Maziar Lahooti’s directorial film debut, Below, offers a confronting examination on Australia’s r…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:04PMSaturday, August 10, 2019
Where do you go when you love someone who doesn’t fit with you anymore? Open Heart, Dean Robinson’s new Australian queer play explores this notion at The Butterfly Club from 12 August 20…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:47AMOver the years, QL2 Dance, under the guidance of Artistic Director, Ruth Osborne, has become a leader in youth dance with its unique focus on developing dance-makers rather than dancers. Eac…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:47AMAn unapologetic, passionate and visceral narrative that traverses time, space and characters, Blood on the Dance Floor explores the legacies and memories of bloodlines, our need for commun…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:12AMWith over 455 boundary-pushing events from 2,718 participating artists across 140 venues, including the exciting new home of the Fringe Hub, Trades Hall, the Melbourne Fringe Festival return…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:09AMFriday, August 9, 2019
Following a period of internal transition and consultation with playwrights around the country, the Board of Playwriting Australia (PWA) has commissioned a Review Consultation Paper to consi…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:27PMWho is Brandon Pape? A producer, director, and designer who is Artistic Director of Antipodes Theatre Company. I’m originally from Dubuque, Iowa and relocated to Melbourne with my (Austral…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:56AMJoanna Murray-Smith makes her directorial debut in this contemporary play. She is also the playwright. L’Appartement is 100 minutes of edgy dialogue laced with wit and ironic barbs. It’s…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:20AMFrom the creators of celebrated Australian works Rumour Has It and Wrecking Ball comes the must-see live music event of the year: Lady Beatle – a modern memory play set to a kaleidoscopic …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:27AMReflecting on the little-known story of music making in the early colonial home, Museum of Sydney presents the exhibition, Songs of Home from 10 August 2019. In a story never before told, So…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:43AMPutting one of history’s most notorious family breakdowns under the microscope, Black Swan presents Medea by Kate Mulvany and Anne-Louise Sarks at Studio Underground from 10 August 2019. L…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:15AMEvery child who grew up in Australia in the 70s and 80s remembers the Curiosity Show – the science show that encouraged kids to build their own experiments at home. Running for 18 years, i…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:32AMThursday, August 8, 2019
Promising to once again polarise and challenge, contemporary and experimental theatre company, The Danger Ensemble, return to Theatre Works this August following their hugely divisive 2018 p…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:00PMSome of India’s biggest film stars have arrived as honoured guests of the 2019 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), the southern hemisphere’s largest celebration of Indian cinema. M…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:52PMThere’s a scene in an episode of The Young Ones where Neil is in the backyard digging. He pushes his spade into the dirt and we follow the edge of the tool as it breaks into an underground…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:01AMThis historical documentary about this extraordinary woman will forever remain fresh and relevant. Originally released in 2005, it is rich with poignant images and interviews providing some …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:53AMA sensory overload of colour, shapes and cavernous tunnels, Katena Luminarium by Architects of Air will take up residency at Bunjil Place from 27 September 2019. This inflatable walk-in inst…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:10AMWednesday, August 7, 2019
In her catalogue essay for Shaun Gladwell’s show Pacific Undertow, Dr Denise Thwaitess of the University of Canberra, writes, “for Gladwell, law-breaking has never been a particular dete…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:42PMThis September, the 7th Queer Screen Film Fest will set your world ablaze with a diverse range of LGBTIQ stories across narrative features, documentaries, and shorts. Boasting 29 films from …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:20PMSo long Broadway, Adrian Li Donni has a new dream… to sing on the same stages as the great tenors of our time! It was backstage during a production of The King And I at the Sydney Opera ho…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:53PMWho is Ghenoa Gela? My island name is Genua, that’s the name I was given when I was born. But when I got to school, one of my teachers changed my name to Ghenoa. Now I prefer to be called …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:20AMAs part of the Robin Boyd centenary celebrations, Heide Museum of Modern Art will present Robin Boyd: Design Legend – a new exhibition celebrating the work of one of Australia’s most res…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:47AMThe stakes are high for the characters of The Ghetto Cabaret, written by Galit Klas and presented by fortyfivedownstairs and Elsternwick’s Kadimah Yiddish Theatre. From the media release: …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:11AMThirty-five Adelaide exclusives including five world-first performances and 22 Australian premieres are among 60 events being held as part of Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival 201…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:18AMTuesday, August 6, 2019
Returning for a sixth year, the Glow Winter Arts Festival will shine bright in a spectacular display of immersive, interactive and illuminated installations at Malvern East’s beautiful and…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:19AMReviewer David Collins and two guests, Lily and James, recently attended the National Theatre of Parramatta’s critically acclaimed production of Shaun Tan’s The Red Tree at Arts Centre M…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:00AMThe fabulously fun Legally Blonde The Musical is coming exclusively to Melbourne in a fresh and modernised revival at Chapel Off Chapel from 23 November 2019. With music and lyrics by Lauren…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:29AMMonday, August 5, 2019
From the entertaining to the enlightening, the spine-chilling to the side-splitting, the incisive to the inspiring, Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre has announced its 2020 season featuring forty …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:15PMThe critically acclaimed West End hit SIX The Musical will storm the Sydney Opera House this summer for its Australian premiere. A witty, pop-fueled musical drenched in satire and sass, SIX …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 08:42PMWho is Jake Fehily? Me! I’m Jake Fehily! I currently spend most of my time playing Augustus Gloop in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. What would you do differently to what you do now? I�…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:47AMFollowing sold out seasons at Sydney’s Griffin Theatre Company, including their inaugural Batch Festival, rapper, poet and award-winning author Omar Musa brings his electrifying show Since…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:17AM 
