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An Audience with Don Dunstan – theatre review

Strong socially progressive views, music and poetry distinguish Neil Cole’s new play An Audience with Don Dunstan. It shines a…

Kagami: Ryuichi Sakamoto & Tin Drum (Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre) – theatre review

A Zen experience involving the late, great Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (17th January, 1952 – 28th March, 2023), Kagami fuses…

The Removalists (MTC) – theatre review

A rogue cop, police brutality and domestic violence are front and centre in David Williamson’s incendiary satire The Removalists. Written…

Black Bag – movie review

British intelligence is under the microscope in Black Bag. George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) is an elite operative at Britain’s closely…

An Audience with Don Dunstan (Chapel Off Chapel) – theatre review

Strong socially progressive views, music and poetry distinguish Neil Cole’s new play An Audience with Don Dunstan. It shines a…

RBG: Of Many, One (Sydney Theatre Company) – theatre review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Stunning. Brilliant. Remarkable. Heather Mitchell’s portrayal of US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg is one of the most extraordinary…

Spit – movie review

The filmmakers have dipped back into the well and reprised an iconic Australian character. I speak of Johnny Spitieri (aka…

Three Sisters (Theatre Works) – theatre review

Misery abounds in Anton Chekov’s Three Sisters. One hundred and 25 years after he wrote it, it continues to resonate.…

The Monkey – movie review

This is a film with heaps of dastardly monkeying about. Over the top. You betcha. It revels in beheadings, spearing,…

Carmen (The Australian Ballet) – ballet review

Dark and dramatic comes this contemporary adaptation of Georges Bizet’s 19th-century opera. What choreographer John Inger has done in recreating…