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Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of), at Athenaeum Theatre and touring Australia – theatre review

A glorious spoken and sung hoot, this is an audacious retelling of Pride & Prejudice. Just what would author Jane…

Lightscape, at Royal Botanic Gardens – outdoor visual arts review

Lightscape, the highly creative, after dark, lighting cavalcade at Royal Botanic Gardens, complete with a most appealing soundtrack, is a…

Between the Lines: The James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters (Bloomsday in Melbourne), at fortyfivedownstairs – theatre review

What a fascinating, intriguing, thrilling premise this James Joyce actioner has! Imagine if the Irish writer of Ulysses, one of…

Corporare: Evan Task in Outer Space (The Thursday Group), at Theatre Works’ Explosives Factory – theatre review

Do tech bros, that is entrepreneurs in the tech industry, rule the modern world without taking personal accountability for their…

House of Rot (Green Door Theatre Company), at Malthouse Theatre and Hayes Theatre – musical and theatre review

A sensational, largely musical tribute to Grey Gardens, House of Rot resonates … and how, from the first note. Grey…

The Wolves (Theatre Works) – theatre review

A finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, American playwright Sarah Delappe has crafted a portrait of female adolescence…

STELLA, at Alexander Theatre, Monash University – musical theatre review

A prolific, iconic writer and feminist who lived life on her terms, Miles Franklin (14th October, 1879 – 19th September,…

GRIMM (Shake & Stir Theatre Co.), at QPAC and touring – theatre review

While growing up, I was captivated by subversive stories in a classical cartoon segment known as Fractured Fairy Tales. That…

Disclosure Day (M) – 145 minutes – movie review

Nearly five decades ago, it was a close encounter with a UFO that resonated with audiences (Close Encounters of the…

Sydney Film Festival – movie reviews

Colony Korean director Yeon sang-ho (Train To Busan, 2016) returns to the zombie genre with the entertaining Colony. Here he…