There is a reason The Sapphires has become one of Australia's most beloved musicals.
Even when individual works did not fully land for me dramaturgically, there is no denying the precision, intelligence and care of the artists creating them.
Helios begins with the ancient Greek myth of Phaeton and gently pulls it into something recognisably human: school buses, mixtapes, teenage dares, grief, fathers, first kisses and one bright gold car.
No band. No spectacle. Two performers, a small collection of instruments, and a room prepared to listen.
Cirque Alice is a night of astonishment and delight – a celebration of bodies doing the impossible.
Stages of Empathy is not just a show; it is a model for what disability-led theatre can achieve when lived experience shapes every layer of process and presentation.
Croft and Spear revealed songwriting with intention, meaning, and an ethereal undercurrent.