feminist theatre

‘What’s the point in being free of chains, if we’re living in a cage?’ Sumudu Samarawickrama on Leah Shelton’s exhilarating attack on patriarchy, Bitch on Heat

‘None of this history is simple, just as nothing about gender is simple’: Alison Croggon on Rachel Perks’ and Bridget Balodis’ queer witches in Moral Panic

Ascent is an ambitious work that examines the physical anxieties of women, says Robert Reid

The rights of women to bodily autonomy are non-negotiable. So are the rights of people with disabilities. Danica Kohn on the Melbourne Fringe show 19 Weeks

To have a child or not to have a child? New Review critic Monique Grbec on Eggsistentialism

‘Riveting, real and unreal, like a nightmare’: Alison Croggon on Anne-Louise Sarks’ crystalline production of Sarah Kane’s Blasted

On the pain of women: First Nations Emerging Critic Carissa Lee explores how Australian plays portray violence against women.

‘To take a breath is complex. To be outside power and yet still speak is phenomenal.’ Cassie Tongue on Sydney Chamber Opera’s extraordinary new work, The Howling Girls.

Alison Croggon reviews Romeo is Not the Only Fruit and Fleabag at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

In the first episode of The Witness Interview, Robert Reid talks to Patricia Cornelius, playwright, performer and thorn in the side of the patriarchy