Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen is a writer.
A ruckus and a proposal as one of the world’s biggest acts hits the Melbourne stage
With a line-up featuring Chappell Roan, Geese, Lucy Dacus, Role Model and Wet Leg, this year’s Laneway Festival took crowds on a fantastical ride.
- Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
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Can love conquer all in this collision of tennis and relationship drama?
Australian Open is a queer domestic comedy that serves up aces of absurdity, rapid-fire volleys of wit, and heavy groundstrokes of camp and cringe.
- Cameron Woodhead, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Jessica Nicholas, Sonia Nair, Andrew Fuhrmann and Will Cox
Talent scouts should make a beeline for this darkly comedic show
Every now and again Melbourne’s indie theatre scene throws up something destined for a bigger stage. I hope that’s the case with Harrison Clark’s Sabotage.
- Cameron Woodhead, Nick Buckley, Bridget Davies, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen and Jessica Nicholas
Taylor’s still the ultimate showgirl – but has she run out of hits?
The Life of a Showgirl offers flashes of brilliance, but is more headline fodder than timeless pop.
- Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Before Hamilton there was In the Heights. Here’s why you can’t miss it
Smaller in scope but bigger in heart, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first musical made its debut on Broadway in 2008 before it was given the silver screen treatment in 2021.
- Sonia Nair, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Kosa Monteith, Andrew Fuhrmann, Cameron Woodhead and Jessica Nicholas
One of the best live bands in the world is finally back in Melbourne
To attend a concert by The Hives is to be inducted into a sweaty, euphoric cult for just over an hour of frenetic power.
- Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Jessica Nicholas, Tony Way and Cameron Woodhead
Virgin is an anxious and urgent return to form for Lorde
The New Zealand pop star is emotionally raw and sexually frank on her new album.
- Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
What happens when a famed sinister thriller is stripped back to its bare bones?
This version of The Birds eschews flashy design to focus on intensely rendered performance.
- Cameron Woodhead, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen and Tony Way
Who let the strings out? Why Sigur Ros reinvented their music for this Australian tour
Some songs just don’t work in a rock band. Playing with an orchestra is giving the Icelandic trio a chance to perform some of their grand, sweeping numbers live.
- Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
‘Being loud about our feelings’: Gracie Abrams leads an arena-sized sing-a-long
At the first of the pop star’s three sold-out Melbourne shows, she announced her intention for the night: “My goal for the show is that it’s kind of a big duet.”
- Katy Hall, Cameron Woodhead, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Andrew McClelland, Andrew Fuhrmann and Jessica Nicholas