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Eurovision on Tour (touring) – music review

From relatively humble beginnings in 1956, when only seven nations competed, the Eurovision Song Contest has grown into a juggernaut…

What’s This? (National Drama School) – theatre review

American writer Edgar Allan Poe (19th January, 1809 – 7th October, 1849) cultivated mystery and the macabre. There is horror…

Yoga Play (La Boite Theatre) – theatre review

La Boite Theatre’s final mainstage offering for 2024, Yoga Play, examines the superficial side of the wellness industry through a…

Julius Ceasar (Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble) – theatre review

Like many of William Shakespeare’s history plays, Julius Caesar is more talk than action. That’s despite the violence at core…

Gladiator II – movie review

Nearly 25 years after Gladiator, Ridley Scott has gone back to the well... and this time there are sharks in…

Songs of a Lost World (The Cure) – music review

Formed in 1978, The Cure quickly rose from the English post-punk scene to become one of the world’s most influential…

Blood Ties (Jo Nesbo) – book review

Jo Nesbo’s 2020 book The Kingdom was a violent story centred around anti-hero Roy Opgard and the criminal machinations of…

My Brilliant Career (MTC) – musical theatre review

Quite some undertaking … to turn the iconic novel My Brilliant Career, about a young girl/woman who doesn’t fit in,…

There’s Still Tomorrow – movie review

There’s Always Tomorrow is a bittersweet story about a family of six. The film is set in Rome in the…

Peter and the Starcatcher (Arts Centre Melbourne) – theatre review

A Peter Pan origin story, Peter and the Starcatcher is a slapstick pantomime fantasy, infused with music, dance and puppetry.…