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Shelly Restaurant, at 809 Glenhuntly Road, Caulfield – fine dining restaurant review with show

It is an immersive gastronomic experience unlike any other. It is deliciously flavoursome, while very showy and a whole heap…

Disney’s High School Musical On Stage! at The National Theatre – musical theatre review ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I fell big time for the two leads in James Terry Collective’s production of Disney’s High School Musical On Stage!…

Savages, at Theatre Works – theatre review

In terms of holding up a mirror to bad behaviour by men, there is nothing quite as illuminating as women…

Menopause: The Musical, at Athenaeum Theatre and touring – musical theatre review

Change of life never looked as good as it does on stage in the hilarious musical Menopause. It mashes four…

Big Religion (Fruitcake Productions), at Theatre Works’ Explosives Factory – theatre review

In 1843, German philosopher Karl Marx famously wrote that “religion is the opium of the people”. So, does religion exist…

& Sons (M) – 119 minutes – movie review

Nearly two decades ago, an incident shattered a family and now the patriarch – a feted, but ailing author –…

I Want Your Sex (MA) – 90 minutes – movie review

Kinky and sexually charged, I Want Your Sex is an erotic dark comedy. Naïve twenty-three-year-old Elliot (Cooper Hoffman) almost can’t…

GRIMM (Shake & Stir Theatre Co.) at Fairfax Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne and touring – theatre review

While growing up, I was captivated by subversive stories in a classic cartoon segment known as Fractured Fairy Tales. That…

The Party’s Over! (M) – 95 minutes – movie review

A decidedly French dark comedy about the class divide, The Party’s Over involves a well to do family and their…

The Deplorables (Skin of our Teeth Productions), at Theatre Works – theatre review

Did you know that the first recorded women’s cricket match in Australia took place at the Bendigo Easter Fair on…