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Honour (Ensemble) – theatre review

“There’s nothing original about the skeleton of Honour, the play” says its writer Joanna Murray-Smith. I would agree. Its subject…

Aida (Opera Australia) – opera review

The opening night of Opera Australia’s spectacular staging of Verdi’s dramatic opera Aida was blighted by a major technical failure. The…

Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Athenaeum Theatre) – theatre review

What a sensational stage show for the littlies. There were toddlers and youngsters galore and excited parents and grandparents with them…

The Million Masks of God (Manchester Orchestra) – music review

The sixth album from alt/rock quartet Manchester Orchestra feels like the culmination of their 15 years as recording artists, bringing…

Like Mother (Cassandra Austin) – book review

Cassandra Austin’s debut All Fall Down was a sometimes dreamlike Australian gothic tale set in a rural country town. While…

Fangirls (Arts Centre Melbourne) – theatre review

Think back. You’re 14 and nothing in this world (and I do mean nothing) means more to you than your…

Once on this Island (La Boite) – theatre review

With book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty, Once On This Island is a musical of…

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- Spiral: From the Book of Saw - Only in cinemas from 13 May 2021 We have 5 double in-season…

First Cow – movie review

If you’ve heard of the slow cinema movement, Kelly Reichardt could be considered its high priest. Her exacting, often dramatically…

The Removalists (New Theatre) – theatre review

It’s not often that a dramatic play comes along that so generously pays out the trifecta to the audience. The…