There’s a simple pleasure to be had in sitting back and watching everything on stage being done well. Belvoir’s new queer family dramedy, Blessed Union, is seamlessly terrific. Funny, emotive, and probing. Flawless. No notes. I could end the review here, but obviously I won't... Ruth (Danielle Cormack) and Judith (Maude Davey) have always upheld... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: Queer As Flux (Sydney Opera House Studio) ★★★1/2
Following acclaimed runs at Brisbane Powerhouse and The Blue Room Theatre, Zac Callaghan’s one-person show, Queer As Flux, finally hits Sydney highlighting how all of us, as individuals and as a culture, are constantly in flux, transitioning, and becoming something new. When you come to think of it, perhaps we're all a bit trans. In... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: End Of. (Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney) ★★★1/2
Ash Flanders' one-person show, End Of., is a mood. It’s a bizarre ride through death, grammar, and bad acid trips. I guess I’m trying to say that End Of. is a bit messy and incoherent, but then who said the destination had to be as good as the journey anyway? A succession of stories both... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Jack’s On Fire by Owen Lach ★★★
Jack Martin’s life isn’t great right now. He’s being bullied at school by homophobes, lives with a parent who is at the end of her tether and hardly supportive, he’s full of talent but struggling to get by. Things change when Jack’s mum sends him away to San Francisco to live with his older brother.... Continue Reading →
