It’s About ‘Story’
Blizzard is slightly reducing the sexual-objectification of its female characters, even if their official reasons for doing so are weak. The benefit being that the euphemism of characterisation is easier…
Review: Bambert’s Book of Lost Stories
Following the company's superb adaptations of 'The Rabbits' and 'The Red Tree', Barking Gecko brings another children's story to the stage with 'Bambert’s Book of Lost Stories'. Gabriella Loo sheds…
Review: Picnic at Hanging Rock (Black Swan State Theatre Company)
Fresh off a Melbourne stage, the production opened at the Malthouse Theatre in March before venturing here. At 90 minutes (no interval), the ambiguous ending to this thriller will have…
Pelican Talks with PROSH
Pelican caught up with the PROSH team before the 85th launch of the satirical mag this Wednesday at 4:20am, talking history, change, memes and Ibis. We can't say we understand…
Review: Pindorama
"The show is one of the strangest dance pieces I have ever seen, but one I haven’t stopped talking about since. It’s intriguing, uncomfortable and certainly different from traditional notions…
A Lurch to the Right? The Polish Question
Poland's late political changes exhibit an uneasy mix of traditional authoritarianism and western capitalism, "typical of former Eastern bloc nations still struggling to come to terms with their past." Bradley…
Featured Artist: Danyon Burge
Featured Artist from The Wild Edition (Vol. 87, Ed. 2), Danyon Burge.
Police Repeatedly Raid Matagarup Tent Embassy
Tent Embassy raided and fines imposed for the return of personal belongings.
A Model Citizen…When Convenient
'The UN is not irrelevant to history, as a lasting if imperfect monument to global political cooperation. Most importantly, the UN is not irrelevant to Australia itself.' Jasmine Ruscoe considers…
The Pursuit of Gnarlyness
Has pro-skateboarding sold out or kept gnarly? Reuben Wylie checks out this year's Bondi BOWL-A-RAMA, Australia's largest skate event - eyeballing Tony Hawk meanwhile - and comes to a conclusion.