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Emma Russack – new music & tour

Melbourne based singer-songwriter Emma Russack released “Be Real”, the newest single from her upcoming album Winter Blues, due on the…

Krapp’s Last Tape (fortyfivedownstairs) – theatre review

Over the years, a number of well-known names - like John Hurt and Harold Pinter - have performed Samuel Beckett’s…

The Nancys (R. W. R. McDonald) – book review

Hands up those who thought we'd grow up to be Nancy Drew, although I will confess I was more in…

Annabelle Comes Home – movie review

Annabelle Comes Home is the third film featuring the sinister doll from the Conjuring universe. Gary Dauberman, the screenwriter of…

Diplomacy (Ensemble) – theatre review

My 1953 edition of Webster’s Dictionary provides this definition of diplomacy: “dexterity; skill; tact; shrewdness in managing affairs of any…

A Little Night Music (Victorian Opera) – theatre review

The fourth of the great Stephen Sondheim musicals that Victorian Opera has tackled since 2013, A Light Night Music remains…

Spider-Man: Far From Home – movie review

The world is confusing. Events happen - and are reported - at breakneck speed thanks to digital technology. But that…

Parasite – movie review

When I wrote about Burning earlier this year, I mentioned that East Asian cinema was having something of a "moment".…

Wake in Fright (Malthouse Theatre) – theatre review

Malthouse Theatre's production of Wake In Fright  is no less harrowing than when the eponymous novel was first published in…

The Secret Life of Pets 2 – movie review

Assigning human characteristics to animals invariably makes for cute viewing and that's the case in the The Secret Life of…