Nadia Bailey
Nadia Bailey is a writer, editor, and critic from Melbourne.
A plumber from Tassie has brought more magic to Cirque du Soleil
Three performers now present their acts in a deluge of 10,000 litres of water, but first they had to learn to walk on it.
- by Nadia Bailey
Latest
★★★★★
Melbourne live reviews
The ghostly theatre classic you should see at least once in your life
Daniel MacPherson and John Waters star in The Woman in Black – the second-longest running play in London, after Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap.
- by Cameron Woodhead, Nadia Bailey and Andrew McClelland
God-kings and everyday people: NGV’s blockbuster isn’t just about pharaohs
It might be named for the pharaohs, but this year’s Winter Masterpieces exhibition also tells a quieter and more intimate story – that of everyday people.
- by Nadia Bailey
A rare act of impersonation: Heather Mitchell’s enthralling RBG
Inhabiting someone as illustrious as US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg is no mean feat, but Mitchell doesn’t just capture her likeness – she captures her spirit.
- by Cameron Woodhead, Nadia Bailey, Jessica Nicholas and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
This 95-year-old is the NGV’s next blockbuster artist
The most comprehensive survey of Yayoi Kusama’s work ever to be brought to Australia will include childhood sketchbooks and the famed immersive mirror rooms.
- by Nadia Bailey
Wait, it closes this weekend? A last-minute guide to navigating the Triennial
The first rule of seeing the Triennial is don’t try to see all of the Triennial. But if you have an hour or a day, here’s how to maximise your experience.
- by Nadia Bailey
Be amazed by what a plumber from Tassie has done to Cirque du Soleil
Three performers now present their acts in a deluge of 10,000 litres of water, but first they had to learn to walk on it.
- by Nadia Bailey
After a blistering Golden Plains set, this duo sets out to conquer Melbourne
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes Gaslight, Mahler 3, The Streets, Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul, and The Human League.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Barney Zwartz, Cameron Woodhead, Nadia Bailey and Andrew McClelland
★★★★★
Melbourne live reviews
All musical theatre lovers should see this show at least once
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes Rent at the State Theatre, The Crying Room: Exhumed, Greentea Peng, Cuddle, and Queens of the Stone Age.
- by Cameron Woodhead, Andrew Fuhrmann, Vyshnavee Wijekumar and Nadia Bailey
Step inside the otherworldly mind of Picnic at Hanging Rock’s author
A new installation at Mulberry Hill, the former residence of Joan Lindsay, offers a peek into the author’s life – and her love of St Valentine’s Day.
- by Nadia Bailey
There was no way Kitan wanted to direct this play. Then he read the script
Loosely based on Howards End, with a cast of 13 actors and a total run-time of seven hours split over two parts, The Inheritance is an ambitious undertaking.
- by Nadia Bailey