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Three Sisters (Theatre Works) – theatre review

Misery abounds in Anton Chekov’s Three Sisters. One hundred and 25 years after he wrote it, it continues to resonate.…

The Monkey – movie review

This is a film with heaps of dastardly monkeying about. Over the top. You betcha. It revels in beheadings, spearing,…

Carmen (The Australian Ballet) – ballet review

Dark and dramatic comes this contemporary adaptation of Georges Bizet’s 19th-century opera. What choreographer John Inger has done in recreating…

Hard Truths – movie review

Mike Leigh continues his gritty filmmaking endeavours with his 23rd film, the tragicomedy Hard Truths. Middle aged Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste…

Mickey 17 – movie review

It is 2054 and Earth is in trouble, so droves of people are taking up the opportunity for interplanetary relocation.…

Robot Dog (MTC) – theatre review

It is Melbourne 2042 and artificial intelligence has evolved. Melanie Chan Wing Lam (Jing-Xuan Chan) has died (it appears to…

Never Have I Ever (MTC) – theatre review

If you have money, just how far are you prepared to go and at what price? That is the question…

The Boys in the Band (Chapel Off Chapel) – theatre review ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Revolutionary back in the day, The Boys in the Band still packs punch 57 years later. In 1968, when the…

Honour (Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre) – theatre review

It is such a cliché, but trust the magnificent wordsmith in Joanna Murray-Smith to give it so much edge and…

Gapu Ŋupan (Arts Centre Melbourne) – theatre review

What was it that first divided the world? Could the answer to that question be attributed to the parable as…