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Love With No Remorse (Meat Market Stables) – theatre review

Even with the best will in the world, the path to finding and sustaining the love of one’s life is…

The Cave of Spleen (Theatre Works’ Explosives Factory) – theatre review

Unless you have context (and I didn’t before entering the theatre), this play will make little sense. By context, I am…

Chevalier – movie review

The historical drama Chevalier pulls no punches. Director Stephen Williams sets out to push buttons - and push buttons he…

kerosene/SIRENS (fortyfivedownstairs) – theatre review

A superbly nuanced performance by Izabella Yena elevates an outstanding piece of writing from Benjamin Nichol, who directs kerosene with Yena. She…

Alcarras – movie review

The sophomore feature from Spanish filmmaker Carla Simon (Summer 1993) Alcarras is a lyrical, leisurely paced, beautifully observed slice-of-life drama.…

Telethon Kid (Malthouse Theatre) – theatre review

Morality and money are at the heart of the acerbic Telethon Kid. Inspired by his own medical experiences, Melbourne-based writer Alistair…

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The Drowning Girls (Veronica Lando) – book review

Veronica Lando’s first novel The Whispering won the 2021 Banjo Prize for best unpublished manuscript. That book, set in the…

Parade (Chapel Off Chapel) – musical theatre review

Based on a true story, injustice and antisemitism are at the core of the powerful musical Parade. It is 1913 and…

Untitled Three-Hander (The MC Showroom) – theatre review

In the vein of the TV sitcom Seinfeld (1989-1998) and perhaps best summed up as “much ado about nothing”, Untitled…