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Your Diva Needs You (MC Showroom) – theatre review

With a fine, strong singing voice and a great sense of humour, to indefatigable 28-year-old Stephen Valeri opening those pipes…

Suburbicon – movie review

Ambition and success sometimes don't go hand-in-hand. With a heavyweight pedigree and intellectual heft, George Clooney's latest, Suburbicon, should (by…

The Midwife – movie review

Regrets and letting go are the cornerstones of The Midwife. This French drama looks at a fractured relationship between a…

Thor: Ragnarok – movie review

I can’t help thinking the latest Thor outing, Thor: Ragnarok (which introduces several Marvel Universe characters) is yet another elongated,…

Birdland (New Theatre) – theatre review

Birdland is a British play written in 2014 by Simon Stephens. He generally writes from a 'working class' perspective (the…

Containment (Directors of the Extraordinary) – theatre review

Confession time…. I hate interactive/immersive theatre and I’m not much of a zombie fan. Yet I didn’t hate Directors of…

As You Were by Liam Gallagher – music review

As a critic, I learned long ago to lower my expectations. When you expect greatness, that is when you get…

British Film Festival 2017 – movie feature

The Australian premiere of actor Andy Serkis’ directorial debut, Breathe will open the 2017 Cunard British Film Festival. Coming straight from…

Lay Down Sally (StageArtXposed) – theatre review

Sally Robbins and Steven Bradbury featured in two of the most notorious moments in Australian Olympic history. Robbins is known…

Bali (Last Great Hunt) – theatre review

"You call someplace paradise, kiss it goodbye" - Glenn Frey & Don Henley. Those lyrics from the Eagles song "The…