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Cut Chilli (Darebin Arts Speakeasy), at Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre – theatre review

Displacement, cultural identity, colonisation and shifty adoption practices are in the firing line in Chenturan Aran’s compelling dramatic comedy Cut…

Animal Farm (Bloomshed), at Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne – theatre review

It starts with a spoken quote from a voice that sounds like German filmmaker Werner Herzog about how stupid chickens…

The Ballad of Dan O’Malley: A Football Tragedy (Monstrous Theatre), at Theatre Works’ Explosives Factory – theatre review

As a proud, passionate and paid-up member of the Essendon Football Club, I do not want to win another match…

The Nightline, in the Bagging Room, at Malthouse Theatre – theatre review

The call went out to those who were needy, lonely, lovelorn and sleepless to leave messages between midnight and 6am…

Death of a Salesman, at Her Majesty’s Theatre and touring – 175 minutes, plus a 20-minute interval – theatre review

They have gone back to the well and the result is every bit as impressive as it was first time…

Case 137 (M) – 116 minutes – movie review

Protests in the heart of Paris are rife. We are talking 2018. Society is on the precipice and people are…

Break of Day, at Merlyn Theatre, at Malthouse Theatre – theatre review

A mother’s desire to see her daughter escape from a good for nothing, small-town, working-class existence drives the fierce drama…

Artefact (or, Repatriation: The Musical), at Chapel Off Chapel – concert review3

Imagine turning a break-in at the British Museum in London into a compelling rock musical. Well – it has happened.…

Marginalia (Pummel Squad), at fortyfivedownstairs – theatre review

If theatre of the absurd tickles your fancy, you will have a field day with theatre company Pummel Squad’s Marginalia.…

Ride the Cyclone (Entr’acte Theatre Company), at Cube 37, at Frankston Arts Centre – musical theatre review

Imagine making an occult-driven musical from the misfortune of a group of high school children losing their lives in a…