Culture
Theatre
Jukebox Tina Turner musical lucky it has great songs
We wrap up the weekend’s reviews, including comedian Nikki Britton, the Tina Turner musical, and the plays, Suddenly Last Summer, Girl Band and Pony.
- by Joyce Morgan, John Shand, Daniel Herborn and Cassie Tongue
Latest
Why are there two Tennessee Williams plays on at the same time in Sydney?
With two plays on in Sydney’s theatres, the works of Tennessee Williams seem as pertinent as ever.
- by John Shand
Latest reviews
Arts
The play that asks: what happens when love, politics and racism collide?
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes I Wanna Be Yours, Wu-Tang Clan & Nas, The Necks, Loaded at Malthouse, Satyagraha in Concert, and Cavalcade.
- by Sonia Nair, Mahmood Fazal, Jessica Nicholas, Cher Tan, Barney Zwartz and Cameron Woodhead
Opinion
Arts
We were bold enough to build the Opera House. Now for an encore
It’s not just about having a place to put on shows, it’s about great cultural sites being at the very heart of what it is to be a world-class destination.
- by Michael Cassel
At 86, this celebrated opera singer is returning to the stage in a new role
Marilyn Richardson was one of Australia’s foremost sopranos for decades before she retired in the mid-1990s. Now she’s taking on a new challenge.
- by Joyce Morgan
Naked bikers, a human maggot and RPatz: Ten things not to miss at Rising
Melbourne’s mid-winter festival offers a feast of the senses that might sometimes turn your stomach.
- by John Bailey
Skulls, Vodou and a giant penis: is this Rising’s wackiest offering?
Ghetto Biennale brings Haitian street culture to Melbourne in a work born out of junkyard cast-offs.
- by John Bailey
Comedian Kirsty Webeck’s stories are low stakes but impossible to dislike
A wrap of our favourite shows from the week, including immersive experience Darkfield, Clyde’s at Ensemble Theatre, and comedian Kirsty Webeck.
- by Lenny Ann Low, John Shand and Daniel Herborn
Latest reviews
Arts
It’s easy to see why audiences keep flocking to this musical
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes the musical Once, two performances by the LSO, a Yirramboi double bill and small metal creatures at Fed Square.
- by Sonia Nair, Barney Zwartz, Andrew Fuhrmann and Cameron Woodhead
Interviews, like love, don’t always run smoothly. Just ask this writer
Zia Ahmed squirms at even an innocuous question, but he writes with dazzling clarity. His play, I Wanna Be Yours, navigates love and racial fault lines.
- by Richard Jinman
A family’s work to restore violins saved from the Holocaust comes to the Sydney stage
Amnon Weinstein’s life’s work has been collecting and restoring Holocaust-era violins – and telling the stories of those who played them.
- by Siobhan Moylan