theatre reviews

The cast of York telling the history of racist murder in the early settlement of the district

'York': the truth and terror of Western Australia's racist history

Barry Healy reviews a new play that delves into the intricate, complex and terrifying history of white settlement in Western Australia.

The brutality of the prison system retold

First written in 1938 by Tennessee Williams, Not About Nightingales tells the story of how four hunger-striking prisoners died while being locked in a steam-heated cell. Alex Salmon looks at a new adaptation of this play premiering in Australia.