Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s Little Eyolf (1894) is a searing portrait of angst. Rita (Elisa Armstrong) is deeply in love with Alfred (Damien Harrison). He’s a writer and they have been married for a decade, but she fears his feelings for her have shifted. He’s just returned from a fortnight walking in the mountains, a trip he has…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 2 December 2022. The British multi-instrumentalist, orchestral arranger and composer Fiona Brice has drawn on her abundant talents to forge her new album, And You Know I Care. It’s a deep listening experience that raises the post-classical bar, eschewing…
– The Fabelmans – Only in cinemas from 5 January 2023 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to StudioCanal. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE A deeply personal portrait of a 20th-century American childhood, Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans is a cinematic memory of the forces, and family, that shaped the filmmaker’s…
Seriously Red is a cautionary tale about obsession, fandom, and discovering who you are. This Australian jukebox musical draws from the songbook of iconic singer Dolly Parton, and in style and look is something of a throwback to the 90s. The film is the brainchild of star and writer Krew Boylan (from TV series A…
The spy thriller Kompromat is a harrowing tale. Mathieu Roussel (Gilles Lellouche) has accepted a role as the director of French language institute Alliance Francaise in Russia. With his wife Alice (Elisa Lasowski) and their young daughter Rose (Olivia Malahieude), Mathieu has move from France to take up his new role. A caring and considerate…
Swedish folk singer/songwriter Kristian Matsson performs under the moniker The Tallest Man on Earth, and Too Late for Edelweiss is his sixth full-length album, this one entirely made up of covers of songs written by other artists. Singing with just an acoustic guitar tends to get one compared to the likes of Bob Dylan, but…
There are some writers who never do the same thing twice. Two books is probably not enough to say there is a pattern, but it was a surprise to find the follow up to Adam Oyebanji’s space opera debut Braking Day is a contemporary murder mystery with a bit of spy thriller thrown in for…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 25 November 2022. Acclaimed singer-songwriter Alela Diane has released her sixth studio album, Looking Glass. This is Diane’s first new album in more than four years. Diane grew up in the winding rivers and golden hillsides of Nevada City,…
As children, what do we fear the most? That the boogie man will get us. It is from that dark place that Monsters comes. It is all about the fear of the dark and the perception of visions in the blackness. It is a scary tale writ large. Monsters starts with acclaimed actor Alison Whyte wandering out in front…
The stakes are high from the outset of Queensland Theatre’s blockbuster season closer First Casualty. This is not just because of the play’s grounding in reality as the debut work from serving soldier and Afghanistan veteran Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Johnston CSC, but also because of its initial action. That sees Sapper “Thommo” Ken (Reagan Mannix)…
