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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (The Australian Ballet) – ballet review

The Australian Ballet’s glorious production of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a fitting tribute to the splendid State Theatre before…

Love Lies Bleeding – movie review

If you think Thelma & Louise and step it up several notches, you may get to Love Lies Bleeding. This…

Banging Denmark (PIP Theatre) – theatre review

PIP Theatre’s first offering for 2024 is the hilarious Banging Denmark, written by Van Badham and directed by Heidi Gledhill.…

Swansong (Theatre Works’ Explosives Factory) – theatre review

A bravura showing from Andre De Vanny distinguishes the incendiary play Swansong by Conor McDermottroe. Set in the 1960s and ‘70s,…

Every Lovely Terrible Thing (Theatre Works) – theatre review

Chaos and trauma are at play in Every Lovely Terrible Thing. A highly dysfunctional family implodes and picks apart its innards. They…

Leonardo da Vinci – 500 Years of Genius (The Lume) – exhibition review

Has there ever been a creative intellect greater than Leonardo da Vinci? I dare say that question could spark animated discussion. Where…

The Bullet Swallower (Elizabeth Gonzalez James) – book review

Elizabeth Gonzalez James has crafted a fascinating historical tale out of stories from her own ancestry. The Bullet Swallower follows…

How to Have Sex – movie review

Consent is at the core of the coming-of-age drama How to Have Sex. Frankly, this is a film that needs…

The 39 Steps (Chapel Off Chapel) – theatre review

An adaptation of acclaimed film director Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 movie The 39 Steps, Hearth Theatre’s production of the parody is…

Gaslight (Comedy Theatre) – theatre review

We’re in the 19th century. Trusting Bella Manningham is fragile. Not long married, she met her now husband Jack in Switzerland…