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The Haunting (Athenaeum) – theatre review

If you find period ghost stories appealing and are a fan of Charles Dickens, I may have just the ticket…

Whitney: Can I Be Me – movie review

The music world is littered with tragic stories of popular singers and their downfall – from Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison,…

Hotel Coolgardie – movie review

In an age of political correctness, this is one film that well and truly breaks the mould … and then…

The Promise – movie review

Between 1915 and 1923, the Ottoman Empire murdered some 1.5 million Armenian men, women and children in a systematic policy…

Rough Night – movie review

In large measure decidedly unfunny, Rough Night is a lame version of Weekend At Bernie’s crossed with The Hangover and…

Have You Tried Yoga? (Owl & Cat) – theatre review

A series of vignettes about what it is like being disabled and chronically ill, and the judgments others make, Have…

The Illusion by Dream Machine – music review

Dream Machine is a new band from lo-fi master Matthew Melton (Bare Wires, Warm Soda) and his wife Doris. You…

Ordinary Days (Chapel Off Chapel) – theatre review

Warm, witty and engaging, Ordinary Days is a contemporary musical about making real connections in a city that never sleeps…

21 Chump Street (Chapel Off Chapel) – theatre review

Youth drug culture may not sound like the material to make a short but compelling musical out of, but the…

Noises Off (QT) – theatre review

This is quite an amazing play; I certainly place it among the funniest plays ever written. It was first produced…