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Queen Elizabeth I (The ‘Ditchley’ portrait) By Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, c.1592 (detail) © National Portrait Gallery, London

Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits

I traveled from Brisbane to attend this magnificent exhibition at Bendigo’s historical regional art gallery. The majority of the striking works on display are on loan from the collection of the National Portrait Ga...

The Laramie Project / The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later

June 25 - Latest Reviews, Theatre

In 1998 an event on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming, shocked the world. A 21 year old gay student was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence on the outskirts of the town. His name was Matthew Shepa...

Matador

June 25 - Cabaret, Latest Reviews, Performance

A thrilling mix of burlesque, dance and circus; this show delivers world class performers across a large number of fields. Described by Director Bass G Fam as “a thematic story with almost no narrative” ̵...

Parasite

June 24 - Film, Latest Reviews

The Palme d’Or winning dark-comedy, Parasite, is a difficult film to review. On the one hand, Parasite presents itself as a long-awaited entry from a director who has spun the global spotlight back onto South Korean cine...

Dispersion

June 24 - Circus, Latest Reviews, Performance

Dispersion is a showcase courtesy of the second-year students at the National Institute of Circus Arts. But, it’s refreshing more than a kinetic, often acrobatic, occasionally death-defying recital. Playing out is lovely...

The Dinner Party

June 24 - Dance, Latest Reviews

Natalie Weir originally created this work for Expressions Dance Company in 2015 under the title The Host. As she explains in her program notes, one of the meanings for a “host” is “an animal or plant on which parasites l...

Emma Dean stars in Broken Romantics A Unicorn’s Quest For Love - photo by James Thomas

Melbourne Cabaret Festival 2019 Gala

June 21 - Cabaret, Latest Reviews

If, due to illness or mishap, you couldn’t be at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, then the Melbourne Cabaret Festival is possibly worth a look. Opening Galas of more recent years have shared a diversity of programme tastes...

A Doll’s House, Part 2

June 21 - Latest Reviews, Theatre

When Nora makes the shocking decision to leave her husband and children in the final scene of Ibsen’s The Doll’s House, a door slams and the curtain falls. Lucas Hnath’s 2017 play A Doll’s House, Part 2 takes up where Ib...