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Fences (STC) – theatre review

We’re among African Americans in a working-class suburb in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1950s. Although affable when it suits him, Troy…

Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica (Ensemble) – theatre review

The word ‘Rhinestone’ immediately makes me think of ‘Cowboy’. So, when I saw the title of the current play at…

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (Seymour Centre) – theatre review

What a hoot! Featured performer Jay James-Moody, the artistic director of Squabbalogic Independent Music Theatre, has adapted (to the present day)…

Broker – movie review

Hirokazu Kore-eda is one of Japan’s greatest living filmmakers. You could mount a case he’s the greatest living Japanese filmmaker…

Madama Butterfly (Opera Australia’s Handa Opera) – opera review

Opera Australia’s Handa Opera Madama Butterfly sears with emotion. It is a splendid and spectacular offering, with surprises, against the backdrop…

The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? (STC) – theatre review

Intelligent couple Stevie (Claudia Karvan) and Martin Gray (Nathan Page) have been happily married for 22 years. They have a 17-year-old…

Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves – movie review

Movies based on video games are pretty common - Angry Birds, Sonic the Hedgehog and Pokemon: Detective Pikachu to name…

The Death of John Lacey (Ben Hobson) – book review

The Australian western is having a bit of a renaissance and is, at the same time being reinvented. The modern…

Holding the Man (Chapel Off Chapel) – theatre review

Based on a memoir by the late Timothy Conigrave, playwright Tommy Murphy has given us an up close and personal…

John Wick: Chapter 4 – movie review

Keanu Reeves returns as the taciturn, virtually indestructible lone-wolf assassin John Wick. This is the fourth installment in the successful…