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Love/Chamberlain (Theatre Works)

Courtney Love (Rebeka Hill) meets Lindy Chamberlain (Dana Miltins) – two women who have suffered loss and are feeling guilty…

Control (Red Stitch Theatre) – theatre review

A fascinating, at times most humorous insight into a dystopian future, what is in play here is a power struggle.…

Fleabag S2 (Amazon Prime) – streaming review

Perhaps you are bit late to the party and have not yet powered through this most clever and British of…

Melbourne International Arts Festival (various venues) – theatre reviews

Melbourne International Arts Festival was first staged in 1986 under a different name – Spoleto Melbourne – and has carried…

The Long Call (Ann Cleeves) – book review

It’s a bit daunting knowing that in order to try a new-to-you series author (that everyone else raves about), a…

Black is the New White (MTC) – theatre review

Black is the New White, not to be confused with the television series Orange is the New Black, is about…

Birds of Passage – movie review

Shakespeare-like high drama melds with anthropological study in Birds of Passage. Directors Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra (Embrace of the…

Anthem (Arts Centre Melbourne) – theatre review

What does it mean to be Australian ... to live in this country? What expectations do you have of others’…

Joker – movie review

In 2009, Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for his remarkable performance as the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark…

The Window Outside (Wise Owl Theatre) – theatre review

Life can be cruel at any age, but especially when it comes to the elderly. How does one grow old with…