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La Cage aux Folles (Arts Centre Melbourne) – musical theatre review

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

After the success of his comic golden age of crime thriller Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone and the…

The Dive – movie review

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

Daniel Defoe (born Daniel Foe) may well have been the first English novelist. At least that is the contention in the…