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A New Kind of Love (Ghost Funk Orchestra) – music review

When Ghost Funk Orchestra’s debut LP for Karma Chief, Song For Paul, made its way onto turntables back in 2019,…

Low (Victorian Theatre Company) – theatre review

It is Melbourne 1991. Recession grips the country. A couple of outcasts are in love but out of work. They are going…

Gundog (Chapel Off Chapel) – theatre review

The rough lot of an impoverished farming clan is front and centre in Gundog, a dramatic and confronting play with…

Double Lives (Kate McCaffrey) – book review

The true crime podcaster as investigator is continuing to trend in crime fiction. Recent examples include Benjamin Stevenson (Greenlight), Amy…

Gloriavale – movie review

A New Zealand fundamentalist church is under the spotlight in Gloriavale. The Christian community, located at Haupiri, north-west of Christchurch,…

New music round-up (for w/e 4 November 2022)

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 4 November 2022. Emmet…

Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical (Salty Theatre) – theatre review

For those – like me – who haven’t seen the popular Netflix series on which Stranger Sings! is based, Stranger…

Boy, Lost (Queensland Theatre) – theatre review

Part of Belloo Creative’s mission is to bring people and stories out of the shadows. Appropriately then, the female-led, award-winning…

Titanic The Musical In Concert (Melbourne Town Hall) – theatre review

Enthusiasm, expectation and excitement in the first half give way to drama and raw emotion in the second act in…

Sissy – movie review

Cecilia - known as Sissy - is a charming, good natured influencer relaying messages of positivity to her 200,000 followers.…