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Art review – Richard Roxburgh comedy delivers on laughs but not much more

Art feints at depth only to recoil from it, as if terrified a moment of genuine feeling might bore us

The Guardian - AU · Feb 20

Grief is the Thing with Feathers comes to the stage with a glorious intensity of purpose

The idea of the titular Crow in Ted Hughes’ poems is wild, untameable and irreducible to words. In an early poem in the sequence, words come at Crow from all angles but he just ignores them. Finally, “Words retreated, suddenly afraid / Into the skull of a dead jester /…

The Conversation · Jul 31, 2025

Grief is the Thing With Feathers review – Max Porter adaptation plays it safe

A new stage adaptation of the award-winning novel about a grief-stricken family visited by a giant talking crow takes imaginative flight but never truly soars

The Guardian - AU · Jul 31, 2025

Australia on stage: the best theatre, musicals, dance and opera of 2024

Guardian Australia critics pick out the best live stage experiences of the year

The Guardian - AU · Dec 26, 2024

As Gaslight illuminates the stage, no one escapes unscathed

The play that coined the modern usage of 'gaslight' is on at Civic Theatre.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 19, 2024

Gaslight review – Toby Schmitz and Geraldine Hakewill star in cinematic story of abuse

The themes of Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 play remain as relevant as ever – but while this adaptation has plenty to admire, it suffers from a lack of subtlety

The Guardian - AU · Mar 8, 2024

The Seagull review – Sigrid Thornton and Toby Schmitz star in contemporary take on Chekhov

Andrew Upton’s adaptation transplants the play’s ensemble to Australia in the early 2000s, where they discover the cost of art and thwarted dreams

The Guardian - AU · Nov 26, 2023

Tim Minchin talks comedy, the dangerous allure of fame and taking control of his career

After his dazzling career comes unstuck, the musician, actor and provocateur reassesses his comedy, questions the dangerous allure of fame, and finds home is where the heart is.

ABC News · Nov 6, 2022