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New music round-up (for w/e 8 November 2024)

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 8 November 2024. Best-selling,…

Made in China: 2.0 (Arts Centre Melbourne) – theatre review

I am faced with a predicament that I can’t say I have confronted too many times after a few decades…

Sister Act (Regent Theatre) – musical theatre review

From the opening words “oh, crap”, uttered by Sister Mary Lazarus, as played by the indomitable Rhonda Burchmore, we know…

Lush Life (The Belair Lip Bombs) – music review

The Belair Lip Bombs are an indie band from Naarm/Melbourne, led by frontwoman Maisie Everett (vocals, guitar, keys) alongside Mike…

The Piano Lesson – movie and streaming review

The supremely talented Washington family come together to keep the legacy of the late August Wilson alive with The Piano…

MARVELous The Show (The National Theatre) – theatre review

MARVELous The Show is an irreverent, R-rated, musical parody of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that has fans squealing with delight.…

Juice (Tim Winton) – book review

The opening of Tim Winton’s new novel Juice cannot help but put readers in mind of Cormac McCarthy’s seminal work…

Terrifier 3 – movie review

I must confess that I haven’t seen the first two films in the Terrifier series. But I was drawn to…

New music round-up (for w/e 1 November 2024)

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 1 November 2024. I…

Here – movie review

In 2002, the tense thriller Phone Booth (2002) was centred around, you guessed it, a phone booth. Now, 22 years…