Alex First

Alex First is a Melbourne based journalist and communications specialist. He contributes to The Blurb on film and theatre.

By Alex First 2 weeks ago

There is something wicked and subversive about storybook villains rising and trying to rewrite their

By Alex First 2 weeks ago

Five young women at the pearly gates, or are they at the gates of hell? Taken

By Alex First 3 weeks ago

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

By Alex First 3 weeks ago

Adapted from Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando: A Biography, first published in October 1928, Orlando: A

By Alex First 3 weeks ago

Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Miss Saigon has stormed onto the Her Majesty’s Theatre

By Alex First 4 weeks ago

James Hawes’ One Life is an emotional, heart-felt journey, jumping between the onset of World

By Alex First 4 weeks ago

Imagine if Shakespeare wrote the cult favourite movie Ghostbusters. Same inherent storyline – fighting poltergeists

By Alex First 4 weeks ago

Women treated shamefully by the Aussie Rules’ boys’ club. That is the theme of Patricia Cornelius’

By Alex First 4 weeks ago

Inspired by the 2009 Dutch horror film The Human Centipede, Synergy Production Co. has given

By Alex First 4 weeks ago

A Dodgeball Named Desire is a clever, creative and involving hoot, contrasting the literary with