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La Traviata (Opera Australia) – opera review

Soprano Stacey Alleaume is almost ethereal in a scintillating performance as Violetta Valery in Giuseppe Verdi’s fraught, emotion-charged, love story…

The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson – movie review

Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife* is a story of hardship and resilience. This magnificently shot film follows a woman living…

Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness – movie review

Those with long memories might recall the consternation back in the early 2000s when storied horror director Sam Raimi -…

(watch my moves) (Kurt Vile) – music review

(watch my moves), the ninth studio album from Kurt Vile if you include his collaboration with Courtney Barnett on 2017’s…

Girl from the North Country (Comedy Theatre) – theatre review

Set during the Great Depression, Girl from the North Country is a brilliantly conceived and executed theatrical production, featuring the…

The Last Adventure of Constance Verity (A. Lee Martinez) – book review

A. Lee Martinez specialises in a kind of fantasy comedy that riffs on a range of fantasy, science fiction literary…

Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s) – movie review

The final film from director Roger Michell (whose drama The Duke is currently screening in cinemas), Elizabeth: A Portrait in…

The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (iOpera & Melbourne Opera) – opera review

Think of the notoriously sinful cities Sodom and Gomorrah referenced in the bible that were destroyed by sulphur and fire…

New music round-up (for w/e 29 April 2022)

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 29 April 2022. Emotional…

The Heartbreak Choir (MTC) – theatre review

A delightful, poignant, funny, uplifting play with music, The Heartbreak Choir charms its way into our hearts. It features a bunch…