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Smokescreen (fortyfivedownstairs) – theatre review

The complexities of marketing and manipulation at its finest are on show in a fictional horror show that has real…

Annie (Princess Theatre and touring) – musical theatre review

With an introductory nod to J.C. Williamson’s premiere season of Annie in Melbourne in 1978, this intoxicating, family friendly musical…

Second Victims, part of the 2025 Scandinavian Film Festival – movie review

What happens if you are a doctor and make a questionable call? Not just any questionable call, but one that…

Dear Son (Queensland Theatre) – theatre review

Dear Son is a powerful piece of theatre that deserves full houses every night. It stars five Indigenous male actors…

Mother Play: a play in five evictions (MTC) – theatre reviews

Partly drawn from the life of its Pulitzer Prize winning American writer Paula Vogel, Mother Play is theatre at its…

Loving the Alien (Arts Centre Melbourne) – narrative concert review

The enigma that was David Robert Jones (8th January, 1947 – 10th January, 2016), aka English singer songwriter David Bowie,…

Jurassic World Dominion (133 minutes) – movie review

Box office success spawns sequels. Dinosaurs have always been big business, so why would the studio stop at the trilogy…

1984 (Shake & Stir Theatre Company) at Comedy Theatre and touring – theatre review

While I sincerely wish it weren’t so, the power struggles the proliferate globally ensure that Shake & Stir’s brilliant adaptation…

28 Years Later (115 minutes) – movie review

A surprisingly sensitive zombie movie, 28 Years Later reunites the writer and director of the original film in the franchise…

Super (Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre) – theatre review

I went to watch this play, like I do all others, without knowing anything other than its title. I never…