Childrens performance critic Gully Thompson says that Parrwang Lifts the Sky is a thrilling example of performance for young people

Children’s theatre is often at its best when it takes risks. As a child, I r […]

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

Update: Sadly, the final two performances are cancelled at the touring c […]

‘MÁM is a
celebration of ordinary moments, which are as mysterious and ambiguous as the
supernatural spirits that haunt and weave through them’: Alison Croggon on Teaċ
Damsa’s exhilarating dance theatre

As […]

‘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

AsiaTOPA 2020 – or, […]

‘It’s interesting how lines that once simply slipped by register with spikes now’: Alison Croggon on the return of Ridiculusmus’ two-person The Importance of Being Earnest

I’m getting older, which can be bo […]

The Melbourne Theatre Company’s Photograph 51 dramatises the inexorable diminishment of a brilliant woman, says Alison Croggon
Sexism, like every -ism and –phobia, is, in the end, simply exhausting. These str […]

‘It feels as urgent as his work ever has, but the complexities have deepened profoundly. Unmissable.” Alison Croggon on Hofesh Schechter’s Grand Finale at the Melbourne Festival
Always beneath the skin, the […]

‘In this assertion of humanity lingers the spark that becomes revolution’: Robert Reid on Wild Cherries at La Mama
Daniel Keene has been one of Australia’s best known playwrights, both locally and i […]

‘A beautiful opening of the self’: Alison Croggon on Public Actions from Luke George and Collaborators
[Spoilers]

What is dance? Is it embodied thinking? Dynamic representation? A temporal narrative? A series […]

‘Unambiguously a triumph’: Alison Croggon on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
[Spoiler free]

I still remember first reading Harry Potter. When The Chamber of Secrets was published, an old friend told me that […]

Robert Reid and Sayraphim Lothian attend an intriguing auditory experience for children, I Am Hear, without a child
It’s immediately noticeable is that I don’t have a child with me. This is why Sayra came a […]