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Mor(t)ality (The Butterfly Club) – theatre review

 Two strangers find themselves trapped in a barren room with a gun. They have no idea how they got there or…

The Candy House (Jennifer Egan) – book review

Jennifer Egan returns to the world of her Pulitzer Prize winning novel A Visit from the Goon Squad in her…

Dirt (Chapel Off Chapel) – theatre review

What is fact and what is fiction? You are left asking that question after an exhilarating 50 minutes at Chapel Off…

The Sound Inside (MTC) – theatre review

Two loners connect over literature. One is a 53-year-old Yale professor of creative writing. The other is a freshman who is…

A Letter for Molly (Ensemble) – theatre review

Knowing where we came from and understanding what shaped the lives of our descendants can be confronting. In the context…

Schapelle, Schapelle – The Musical (Brisbane Powerhouse) – theatre review

With a band dressed in tropical holiday garb, behind a XXXX-can perimeter, Brisbane Powerhouse’s Underground Theatre has an immediately relaxed…

Maigret – movie review

Hercule Poirot step aside; for Chief Inspector Jules Maigret is on the case. In director Patrice Leconte’s Maigret, Gerard Depardieu…

How to Please a Woman – movie review

What do women want? Writer/director Renee Webster explores the question in her debut feature film How To Please A Woman.…

Cruel Intentions The 90’s Musical (Athenaeum Theatre) – theatre review

Manipulative youngsters behaving badly. Well, two in particular. That is what Cruel Intentions The 90’s Musical is all about. It is based…

Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Regent Theatre) – theatre review

So, you think you know the Cinderella story – the one about the poor “servant” to the evil stepmother and…