Reviews

Rage Continued: A Review of Rebecca Traister’s, ‘Good and Mad, The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger’ by Georgia Rose Phillips   Anger, when observed in isolation, is often stigmatised or seen as an unpleasant or destructive force — especially when it comes from a woman. It is something many women …

Digital UNSW Med Revue – The Incredibly Racist By Lungol Wekina There’s something inexplicable about the feeling you get when you’re in the middle of a dark theatre and you’re surrounded by people laughing at racist remarks specifically targeting your own marginalised community. The first time it happens, you swallow …

Prose Swansong By Emily Olorin   I perch, trusting eyes locked with your own. I am achingly breathless in the blue that drowns me; I Ophelia, the curve of a lily at the bottom of a lake. A dove staring docile on the branches of a tree, giving its trust …

By Bella Olsson   Sitting outside of Studio 1, waiting to go inside to see Lauren Bonner’s self-written play “Infidelity and Enlightenment”, I was struck by two things. Firstly, millennial pink was an excellent colour choice for their publicity. Very striking. Secondly, I felt apprehensive. A new show is a …

By Sarah Hort and Bella Olsson   Tharunka sent a couple of writers along to NUTS’s latest production, The Cocktail Party, asking them to review one aspect of the show. Sarah Hort focuses on the second half, Bella Olsson gives you a glimpse into the production’s timeless relevance, and the …

By Sarah Hort   CW: suicide, mental health   You know you’re in for a seriously good time when the stage is empty except for a white, leather, Oprah-style couch, a simple table, a single glass and an entire bottle of bubbly awaiting Rosie Waterland’s arrival.   As my friend …