Robert Lukins’ Loveland, follow up to his debut The Everlasting Sunday, is an inter-generational family drama that takes readers from Queensland to the heart of Nebraska and a tragedy that feels destined to repeat itself. When May’s grandmother dies she learns that part of the inheritance is a house and block of land in a…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 25 March 2022. African Pianism is a revelatory collection of music by seven African composers. Released to coincide with Black History Month in the United States, it marks SOMM Recordings solo debut of Nigerian-Romanian pianist Rebeca Omordia. First recordings…
Catholic guilt and US conservative politics are given a whack in the Australian premiere of Will Arbery’s Heroes of the Fourth Turning. The play was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It is late at night in Wyoming. Seven years after they graduated from a small Catholic college former students have gathered at…
Dramatic, emotional, evocative. Electrifying. Triumphant. That is Hamilton, as good a musical as has appeared on stage. That’s right. Nothing yet seen can or has bettered it. The story is woven into the music, often delivered at breakneck speed and we are taken on a journey of discovery. Hip hop predominates, but everything from R&B to pop, soul and…
We all know “Things Are Great” is what you say, when you don’t want to tell people that you’re really going through a challenging time. It’s the more grandiose version of “I’m fine.” And like many of the songs here by Ben Bridwell and his Band of Horses, the overall effect is uplifting and liberating,…
Slapstick humour characterises a little staged and decidedly different style of saints and sinners musical. Victorian Opera’s Happy End is set in America in 1919. The storyline sees the Salvation Army come face to face with gangsters. The hoodlums gather in Bill’s Beerhall, named after the man who strikes fear into others’ hearts. Bill Cracker (Adam Murphy) arrives…
– Nobody Has to Know – Only in cinemas from 7 April 2022 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to Maslow Entertainment. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Memories tell us the story of who we are. If those memories vanish, whose stories will take their place? Phil (Bouli Lanners), a…
Although there’s plenty of it, there’s not yet a separate term for Australian rural noir set on the coast. Like many other Australian authors though, Aoife Clifford has moved from the bushfire ravaged inland of her last novel, Second Sight, to a small town on the Australian coast in When We Fall. In doing so…
A film to put you off eating meat forever, Fresh on Disney+ is a twisted tale of depravity with some humorous moments. Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones) is an attractive, bright everyday young woman who can’t seem to find a decent guy. Her online dating is nothing short of disastrous and her latest dinner companion has been…
It’s always a treat to see a David Williamson play. But with Nearer the Gods, set in England in 1684, there is not a vulgar Australian joke to be heard, nor a can of beer to be seen. In fact, the only reference to a “pot” is in Isaac Newton’s chamber. Instead, using the backdrop…
