Writing
Sweat at the STC
My review of the STC production of Sweat, Lynn Nottage’s 2015 Pulitzer winning play, is published in The Saturday Paper.
Broken: Children, parents and family courts
Read my review for the Australian Book Review of Broken: Children, parents and family courts by Camilla Nelson and Catharine Lumby.
East of Western Decline: “Mare of Easttown”
Read my review for The Monthly of the devastating portrait of a decaying America in the series Mare of Easttown.
Brazen Hussies review
In this review for The Guardian of Brazen Hussies, Catherine Dwyer's documentary about the Australian women's liberation movement, I thought about the many ways the movement was really an early kind of punk movement.
The Handmaid's Tailspin
Read my review of Season Three of The Handmaid's Tale for The Saturday Paper.
Making the private public: ‘The Seventies’ by Michelle Arrow
Michelle Arrow’s new history of the 1970s traces how the decade redefined politics and shaped modern Australia. Read my review for The Monthly here.
Blackie, Blackie Brown
In her latest production, Blackie Blackie Brown, Nakkiah Lui (Black is the New White, Black Comedy) signals she will be very funny – deadly, brutally funny
Sami in Paradise review
Read my review of the Belvoir Theatre’s production of Sami in Paradise
Antony and Cleopatra (Sydney Opera House)
My review of the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Antony and Cleopatra.
Lethal Indifference review
Read my review of Lethal Indifference, a Sydney Theatre Company production directed by Jessica Arthur.
Mamma Mia! review
Read my review of Mama Mia!
Tribunal (Carriageworks, Sydney)
Read my review of the PYT 1 Sydney Festival show Tribunal, first published on Daily Review on 18 January 2018.
Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls
Read my review of Caryl Churchill’s classic play Top Girls
Whist review
Read my review of the dreamscape, mind reading installation Whist.
My Name is Jimi
Read my review of My Name is Jimi.
Circus Oz Model Citizens review
Read my review of the Circus Oz show Model Citizens.
RIOT cabaret review (Sydney Festival)
Read my review of Riot at the Sydney Festival
The Town Hall Affair
My review of the Wooster Group’s dramatisation of a 1971 debate between Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and other feminists.
Greek family drama takes us on a voyage of tragedy and comedy
A review of George Catsi’s show Am I Who I Say I Am?
Maggie’s Plan: screwball comedy meets witty academic satire
Read my review of Maggie’s Plan for The Conversation.