"There’s a touch of Waiting for Godot too, as events go round in repetitious loops and imagery is repeated. Audience participation hovers as a perpetual threat." ALANNA MACLEAN reviews Thom Pain (based on nothing).
Review
To read books or not to read? That is the question, says book reviewer COLIN STEELE who is reviewing three books about, well, books! Looking after them, looking out for them and loving them in libraries.
"With a tight run time and a strong cast, No Exit deftly balances existential dread with glittering moments of dark humour," writes GRACE CASSIDY in her first review for CityNews.
"It is the casting of the legendary Nancye Hayes as the Dowager Empress, a role that could have been written for her, that makes this production one not to be missed." BILL STEPHENS reviews Anastasia, playing at the Sydney Lyric Theatre.
"This thoroughly absorbing performance was one that will last long in the memory". MICHAEL WILSON reviews Uprisings, a performance by The Oriana Chorale.
"If you were made to study it in school or if you simply enjoy the play, this production won’t disappoint. There are elements as good as you will get anywhere." JOE WOODWARD reviews Bell Shakespeare's production of Julius Caesar.
"These musicians are exceptional... artists of professional standard, playing challenging music at an advanced level." SARAH BYRNE reviews the Australian Youth Orchestra's Voyage of Discovery concert.
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews John Brack x Noel McKenna: A face in the mirror, at the National Portrait Gallery.
Female writers are currently dominating the Australian crime fiction scene, with more women writing crime, psychological thrillers, and domestic noir than men, writes reviewer ANNA CREER.
MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews end to end, an exhibition of the craft of Louis Grant, curated by Consuelo Cavaniglia.
"Canberra Choral Society’s Our Stories gave its audience an unusual collection of material and much to reflect upon," says reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN.
LEN POWER reviews Romance Sublime! a performance by soprano Lorina Gore and pianist Anthony Smith.
