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Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen (Arts Centre Melbourne) – theatre review

In a comic tour de force, Samuel Barnett has the audience in the palms of his hands. We hang on…

Conclave – movie review

Subterfuge and tension abound in the compelling papal thriller Conclave. The Pope has died and cardinals have been summoned from…

Bearded (Theatre Works) – musical theatre review

Fear of coming out and the judgment associated with doing so are the subject of a new musical, focusing on…

Legends in Concert (The Palms at Crown) – music theatre review

This all singing, all dancing, hit song fest just gets better and better, year after year. What a show! What…

Disturbance Trip (High Rise) – music review

“This fuzzed-out live set from 1992 documents High Rise at their noise-soaked best.” Album Overview: Even though they are one…

Top Ten Books of 2024 – book reviews

Percival Everett’s James, a reimagining and recontextualising of Huckleberry Finn is a masterpiece. Satirical, cutting, compassionate, but also in many…

School of Rock The Musical – musical theatre review

It’s lively. It’s cheery. It upends political correctness. In fact, it is the perfect holiday treat. I speak of School…

Paddington in Peru – movie review

Paddington (the voice of Ben Whishaw) gets back to his roots in a rollicking adventure with the Brown family in…

Nosferatu – movie review

Atmospheric, Nosferatu puts the bite on an impressionable youngster, who carries her commitment to Dracula into her marriage, with terrifying…

Top movies of 2024

Photo by Krists Luhaers on Unsplash Despite some dire rumblings, the Australian cinema scene posted a respectable 2024. According to…