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Songs from the Canyon (Palais Theatre and touring) – concert review

My, couldn’t we do with more peace and love in the world now, arguably more than ever? That is why…

The Correspondent – 119 minutes – movie review

Highly regarded Australian journalist Peter Greste was arrested by Egyptian authorities in Cairo on 29th December, 2013. He was working…

Hysteria – 104 minutes

Shocking, racially motivated fires – arson – in Germany in 1993 resulted in the death of five Turks. More than…

The Seed of the Sacred Fig – movie review

Set in Tehran, this Oscar nominated film for Best International Feature is a distressing, but compelling watch. For the past…

Sinners – movie review

Evil pervades in the fifth collaboration between writer and director Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther, Fruitvale Station,…

Drop – movie review

An entertaining psychological thriller, Drop involves menacing trolling in the most unlikely of circumstances. Violet (Meghann Fahy) is a widow…

Blackpill. (Theatre Works’ Explosives Factory) – theatre review

A young employee, Eli (Oliver Tapp), is sacked from his sales job for his intimidatory social media posts outside work…

Circus Oz Non Stop (Melbourne Town Hall) – circus review

New York-bound Circus Oz bring daring feats of athleticism and strength, as well as laughter to Melbourne Town Hall. They…

Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett (Meat Market) – cabaret review

With a powerful and pulsating music base, inspired by Berlin in the 1920s, Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett is slick and…

Popera: Sex, Death & Politics (The Motley Bauhaus) – music theatre review

The concept is a game show-based pop quiz with a musical focus, overlaid with a manufactured relationship breakdown by the…