La Cage aux Folles (Arts Centre Melbourne) – musical theatre review 10 months ago Forty years on, the winner of 11 Tony Awards remains so much rambunctious fun. This all-new Australian production stars five-time Helpmann… Vietgone (Queensland Theatre) – theatre review 11 months ago This exhilarating hip-hop musical from Queensland Theatre is a huge crowd-pleaser, ending the year of productions on a high note.… Caravaggio’s Shadow – movie review 11 months ago The lavish Italian/French co-production Caravaggio’s Shadow by actor-director Michele Placido looks at the final years in the life of Caravaggio… The Marvels – movie review 11 months ago Where did it all go so wrong? After several era-defining movies, the Marvel franchise seems to be sputtering. Judging by… Villainy (The MC Showroom) – musical theatre review 11 months ago There is something wicked and subversive about storybook villains rising and trying to rewrite their fate. That’s the premise of the… The Waiting Room (Silver String Productions) – theatre review 11 months ago Five young women at the pearly gates, or are they at the gates of hell? Taken far too young, they are… Nothing Lasts Forever (Teenage Fanclub) – music review 11 months ago You have to wonder if anyone thought about the possibility that they might be wearing the band name Teenage Fanclub… Everyone on this Train is a Suspect (Benjamin Stevenson) – book review 11 months ago After the success of his comic golden age of crime thriller Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone and the… The Dive – movie review 11 months ago Another formulaic survival story, The Dive is a remake of the little-seen 2020 Norwegian drama Breaking Surface, and it adds… Defoe’s Plague (La Mama) – theatre review 11 months ago Daniel Defoe (born Daniel Foe) may well have been the first English novelist. At least that is the contention in the… Next» « Previous