Asia TOPA

The Taiwanese-Australian collaboration Virtual Intimacy is a multi-dimensional work that asks a lot of its audience, says Jinghua Qian

‘The music is transcendent but also – and I say this with the utmost respect – it bangs‘: Adalya Nash Hussein on Abida Parveen

Caroline Guiela Nguyen’s Saigon is remarkably beautiful theatre that reminds us what a main stage play can be, says Alison Croggon

Takao Kawaguchi’s dance work Good Luck is quietly beguiling, says Andrew Fuhrmann

NONOTAK’S Shiro is a hypnotic encounter with pure aesthetic, says Robert Reid

Sipat Lawin’s latest work at AsiaTOPA is a dazzlingly intelligent pop culture tour that carries a dark subtext, says Robert Reid

Metal – an exciting collaboration between Lucy Guerin Inc and heavy metal choir Ensemble Tikoro – is a quest for harmony through incongruity, says Cher Tan

‘Difficult truths wrought into profound, unsettling harmonies’: Alison Croggon explores the sorrow and light in Kamila Andini’s remarkable dance theatre work The Seen and Unseen at AsiaTOPA

Benjamin Law’s debut play Torch the Place gives mainstream Australian theatre the accessible kick up the ass it needs, says Cher Tan

Black Ties brings together two major Indigenous theatre companies in a landmark new work. But in some important ways, as Emele Ugavule outlines, it misses the mark