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Review: No Love Lost is best enjoyed with an open heart
Zoe loves love. So does Martha. No Love Lost is a zine mausoleum for love poems that have not withstood the test of time, published by Baby Teeth Journal. Read Zoe and Martha’s egg and tofu scramble review (with spring onions by Charlotte) here.
Peer Review: Anything You Can Do or, On the Origin of Data
Martha is a bad scientist and a bad artist. Anything You Can Do by Pony Cam is bad science. Read Martha’s bad peer review of it here.
Review: this is a choose-your-own review of Burgerz
Martha hates art and burgers (not really). This is both a positive and a negative review of Travis Alabanza’s one-person show featuring Kikki Temple that she wrote. Read it here!
Essay: the art of dwelling, or retro gaming and the sickness of nostalgia
Martha is a loser nerd who’s always trying to feel like she’s 16 again. Read her essay on retro gaming, downloading and redownloading, and nostalgia here.
Kaleidoscope’s 2022 Round Up: the art that changed the course of our year
We asked some of our writers to tell us about the pieces of art that changed the course of their year in 2022. We don’t believe in “best”, but we do believe in the power of well-made, exciting bits of creativity to make us feel things. Read about some of them here!
Essay: Grand Theft Theatre, or a reflection on reflections
Martha loves mirrors, has complicated feelings about theatre, and went to see Pony Cam’s Grand Theft Theatre at Melbourne Fringe. Read her essay about all those things here.
Review: we need more loving plays like Meet My Grandies
Meet My Grandies is a lovely development where three grandchildren tell you about their grandparents and their shared worries and loves. Read Martha’s review of it here.
Review: Class Act is an acting class in acting your class
Martha hates art and thinks it should be defunded. Read her review of Mish Gregor’s Class Act and Australian theatre’s class problem here.
Kaleidoscope Recs: four shows about sex work and sex you need to see this Melbourne Fringe
Check out Savannah (sex worker) and Martha (not)’s recommendations for fun shows by sex workers, about sex workers this Fringe!