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Prima Facie (MTC) – theatre review

Tessa Ensler (Sheridan Harbridge) is a successful barrister. She knows the tricks of the trade and defends her clients – many…

New music round-up (for w/e 10 February 2023)

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 10 February 2023. Barefoot…

Coming Out (Chapel Off Chapel) – theatre review

Showmanship, humour, pathos, anger, overt messaging and song are part of this well-meaning but noticeably stretched offering. At its core is…

A Broadcast Coup (Ensemble) – theatre review

A fly-on-the-wall expose of the world of talk-back radio is the basis of Melanie Tait’s outstanding new play A Broadcast…

Things I Know to be True (Brisbane Arts Theatre) – theatre review

‘What are the things I know to be true?’, a naïve and broken-hearted 19-year-old Rosie Price (Eleni Koutsoukis) wonders after…

Spoiler Alert – movie review

As the title suggests, the outcome of Spoiler Alert is obvious at the start of the film. The film charts…

Radio Songs (Dave Rowntree) – music review

2023 is shaping up to be a big year for fans of the Britpop/alternative rock band Blur. While the quartet…

tick, tick … BOOM! (Comedy Theatre) – musical theatre review

Jonathan Larson wrote the smash hit Broadway musical Rent. How he got there involved pain and persistence. That’s the subject…

This Wild Wild Country (Inga Vesper) – book review

Inga Vesper’s debut novel The Long, Long Afternoon was a crime novel set in a perfect Los Angeles suburb in…

Wittenoom (Red Stitch Theatre) – theatre review

Wittenoom, the former town and declared contaminated site in the Pilbara region of Western Australia was, in short, a death…