Straight from the West End, the new, reimagined production of Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat is a delightful, fun, engaging and dynamic family musical. Wonderfully directed by Laurence Connor, it is based on the biblical character Joseph. Seen as his father Jacob’s favourite son, he is gifted a beautiful technicolor coat by his dad. That enrages his…
It’s hard to talk about Cole Haddon’s dizzying and multifaceted debut Psalms for the End of the World without giving away at least a few spoilers. It is a narrative that ranges across time and reality in an attempt to explore what makes us human. If the narrative has a centre, it involves two disparate…
He calls Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre his second home and why wouldn’t he because audiences love him here every time he tours. Put simply, David Strassman is in a stratosphere all his own when it comes to ventriloquism. In his hands and with his vocalisation, his puppets come to life. They are naïve, antagonistic, impudent and oh so…
In 2019, award winning nature photographer Vincent Munier set out to try and capture vision of the rare snow leopard in its natural habitat. There are fewer than 7,000 snow leopards in the world today and they mostly live in the most remote regions of the Himalayas, and rarely venture below 3,500 feet. Munier was…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 11 November 2022. The United States of the Broken Hearted is the new album from Jeb Loy Nichols. Produced by Adrian Sherwood, careful arrangements frame twelve beautiful, acoustic-based songs. The album features contributions from the likes of Martin Duffy…
Respectful, determined and humble. That is the picture that emerges of Australian tennis great Evonne Goolagong Cawley in Sunshine Super Girl, a moniker given to her by the British press. Goolagong picked up a tennis racquet at an early age and immediately showed impressive hand/eye coordination. She grew up without the home comforts many of us took…
The popular Agatha Christie play The Mousetrap has been a constant tourist drawcard in London since it was first performed in 1952, meaning that perhaps the whodunit’s biggest mystery is how the show is not outdated. Australian audiences can determine this for themselves in the latest on-tour production of the West End version of the…
– Kompromat – Advance screenings 25, 26 and 27 November 2022 (in cinemas 1 Dec) We have 5 double passes to previews over the weekend of 25, 26 and 27 November 2022 thanks to Palace Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Freely inspired by incredible true events, Jérôme Salle’s gripping, smash-hit…
The Marvel Cinematic Universe returns to one of its most successful characters with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. With director Ryan Coogler (Creed) back in charge, the signs were good for this sequel. But the film never really comes together, despite a lengthy runtime and some excellent performances. As the film opens, King T’Challa is dead….
A searing feminist work about a woman far ahead of her time, British playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm was inspired by the life of 16th and 17th century poet Emilia Bassano. Feisty and fiery, Emilia stood up for women’s rights and couldn’t see why they should subjugate themselves to men. By various accounts, she was Shakespeare’s muse and…
