Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Arts Centre Melbourne) – musical theatre review
The cutthroat razor is sharpened and ready for the kill in Sweeney Todd: The Demon…
WICKED (QPAC) – theatre review
One of the world’s best-loved musicals, WICKED, has arrived in Brisbane this week to the delight of QPAC audiences. If you’re not one of the estimated 65 million people worldwide to have seen the show since its debut in 2003, WICKED is the untold story of the witches of Oz. An origin story if you…
Fancy Long Legs (La Boite Theatre) – theatre review
Accessibility and inclusion are at the heart of Fancy Long Legs. This sparkly, pastel, rainbow musical adventure for the young and young-at-heart is set in a spidery world under a crafter’s table. Based on Rachel Burke’s latest picture book of the same name, Fancy Long Legs was adapted by The Little Red Company Artistic Director…
New music round-up (for w/e 13 September 2024)
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 13 September 2024. Gia Ford has released her highly-anticipated debut album Transparent Things via Chrysalis Records. The album features the recent singles “Try Changing”, ”Poolside”, “Paint Me Like a Woman” and album track “Housewife Dreams of America”. Recorded in…
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Arts Centre Melbourne) – musical theatre review
The cutthroat razor is sharpened and ready for the kill in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Forty-five years on, the musical thriller set in 19th century England retains its bite. It is a tale of murder, vengeance, cannibalism and entrepreneurial spirit. Benjamin Barker has been framed and is exiled to a penal…
Win tickets to Ghostlight
– Ghostlight – Only in cinemas from 10 October 2024 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to Vendetta Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Ghostlight centres on Dan, a melancholic middle-aged construction worker grieving a family tragedy. Cut off from his devoted wife, Sharon, and talented but troubled daughter, Daisy,…
Speak No Evil – movie review
A demonic-looking James McAvoy stars as a manipulative monster in the psychological horror-thriller Speak No Evil. An American family meets and befriends a British family while holidaying in Italy. Soon the Americans are invited to spend a weekend at the seemingly idyllic country estate of the Brits. What starts out with promise ends up as…
Dear Brother (Qld Theatre) – theatre review
Dear Brother is a joyous celebration of young Aboriginal masculinity and a theatre experience that’s memorable and uplifting. Any preconceptions that the subject matter of young First Nations men grappling with what it means to be a man might be rather grim, should be thrown out because this work, presented by Queensland Theatre, is far…
Oscar (The Australian Ballet) – ballet review
How very exciting for The Australian Ballet to be presenting the world premiere of a new full-length ballet … and it is spectacular. Oscar is based on the life and writings of acclaimed Irish poet, playwright and satirist Oscar Wilde (16thOctober, 1854 – 30th November, 1990). The work of Tony Award-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon (known…
Win tickets to The Critic
– The Critic – Only in cinemas from 3 October 2024 We have 10 double in-season passes thanks to Transmission Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Ian Mckellen and Gemma Arterton star in THE CRITIC, alongside Mark Strong, Ben Barnes, Alfred Enoch, Romola Garai and Lesley Manville. Directed by Arnand Tucker…
Harold and the Purple Crayon – movie review
What if the cartoon world turned into real life? Well, that’s what happens in Carlos Saldanha’s family-friendly fantasy Harold and the Purple Crayon. Harold (Zachary Levi) is the manifestation of the vivid imagination of writer Crockett Johnson. He’s a character in a book, who along with his buddies, Moose (Lil Rel Howery) and Porcupine (Tanya…
