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Lightscape (Royal Botanic Gardens) – light show review

An unquestionable highlight of winter in Melbourne is Lightscape at the Royal Botanic Gardens. Now in its fourth year, it…

Welcome Home (Chapel Off Chapel) – theatre review

A delightful new play with originality stamped all over it, Welcome Home concerns two women who each believe they own…

Hedwig And The Angry Inch (Athenaeum Theatre and Carriageworks) – musical theatre review

With a powerful rock score, the talent on display in the new Australian tour of Hedwig and the Angry Inch…

The Selkie Project (Theatre Works’ Explosives Factory) – theatre review

First up, a confession. I am not sure I really understood The Selkie Project. The whole thing felt experimental and…

Riviera Revenge – movie review

Francois Marsault (Andre Dussollier) is a former military man. Now aged 75, he lives life on his terms. Married to…

Dangerous Animals – movie review

Jaws (1975) meets Dead Calm (1989) on steroids in the new Australian psychological horror Dangerous Animals. Jai Courtney is positively…

Heartbreak Hotel (Arts Centre Melbourne) – theatre review

Breaking up is hard to do. So it goes, as Karin McCracken and Simon Leary put on a slick show…

Circe’s Carnival of Vice (fortyfivedownstairs) – theatre review

Gender bending and a hallucinatory trip are the focus of Bloomsday in Melbourne’s playful, highly original work, Circe’s Carnival of…

The Chronicles (Arts Centre Melbourne) – dance review

There is a reason that Stephanie Lake is my favourite choreographer. In short, she is eternally creative in the work…

The Wrong Gods (MTC and Belvoir Street Theatre) – theatre review

What is the price to be paid for progress? That is the conceit at the centre of the compelling drama…