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Heathers: The Musical at Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne – musical theatre review

Bullying, teenage angst, toxic relationships and murder hardly seem material conducive to a cult following, but if you think that,…

The Effect (Key Conspirators), at Theatre Works – theatre review

What does it feel like to be in chemically induced love? And what does it feel like to be depressed?…

Ron Mueck: Encounter, at the Art Gallery of NSW – art review

If you want to see something extra special before it leaves Australian shores, I suggest you head straight to the…

The Stranger (MA) – 123 minutes – movie review

The Stranger is a mesmerising portrait of young man different to any other. We are in French controlled Algiers in…

Bette & Joan, at Ensemble Theatre – theatre review

During the Golden Age of Hollywood, which generally refers to the period from the late 1920s to the early ‘60s,…

The Prom (On Your Feet Australia), at Teatro at the Italian Forum – musical theatre review

The idea for this Broadway musical emerged from an ugly truth. Inclusion is the theme. Comedy is the vehicle. The…

The Phantom of the Opera (Handa Opera), at Mrs Macquarie’s Point – musical theatre review

Superlatives can’t do justice to a magnificent Handa Opera production of The Phantom of the Opera on its 40th anniversary.…

Evil Dead: The Musical, at Chapel Off Chapel – musical theatre review

Add a series of compelling, up-tempo songs to the darkly comedic gore that has spawned a cult following, stir liberally…

Femoid (Vixen Theatre Company), at Theatre Work’s Explosives Factory and the Old Fitz Theatre – theatre review

A pathological hatred and disdain for women is brought into sharp focus in a searing production from Vixen Theatre Company.…

Beyond the Neck, at Theatre Works and touring – theatre review

First up, an admission. My job in the wake of the Port Arthur massacre on 28th April, 1996, in which…