What better way to celebrate 100 years of putting smiles on faces from the ultimate dream factory than to bring a cavalcade of their timeless stories to life … on ice? I was fortunate enough to see the first Melbourne performance of Disney on Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic and I assure you that…
Australian indie-electronica luminaries, Miami Horror have announced their Australian home-coming album tour for August 2015. After releasing their widely praised sophomore album All Possible Futures in April and then selling out both North & South American tours the band will return home to Australia playing shows in Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne & Hobart. Dates and venues are: 7 Aug – Villa, Perth 8 Aug –…
Buzz has been building around Wolf Alice for a few years now. With several singles and two EP’s already under their belt, the London band has put in a lot of legwork prior to the release of their debut full-length. My Love is Cool is an album full of soaring moments from a band with…
Slow to ignite, The Witches is an uneven adaptation of Roald Dahl’s novel of the same name. It’s 1967. Eight year-old Hero Boy (newcomer Jahzir Bruno) loses his parents in a car accident and goes to live with his Grandma (Octavia Spencer) in rural Alabama. Clearly hit hard by their passing, he says little and…
It may follow the playbook, but The Way Back still grips tightly. Back in high school, Jack Cunningham (Ben Affleck) had everything going for him. A basketball phenomenon, he could have punched his ticket to college or even the pros. Instead, he chose to walk away from the game, forfeiting his future. Jack’s glory days…
Freshly realized as a hot take on Perth’s monied-up western suburbs culture, The Real Housewives of Perth is based on the hit television show franchise that never failed to spill on the not-so-secret lives of rich ladies-who-lunch. (Though ‘lunch’ may be used here as a handy euphemism for selfies, shopping and next-level female power sledging)….
Not to be confused with Barry Levinson’s 1994 erotic thriller of the same name, the provocative and intimate drama Disclosure looks at the darker side of suburban life in contemporary Australia. Two sets of parents gather together to discuss an incident involving their children, but things turn ugly as the impromptu meeting progresses. Natasha Bowman,…
Happiness is the name of the game for two inpatients at a progressive psychiatric institution, both of whom are trying to attain it in Like Crazy. Beatrice speaks at a thousand miles an hour and is easily worked up. She is a self-styled billionaire countess who likes to believe she is on intimate terms with…
Animals reign supreme in Honk! Jr., a musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s story The Ugly Duckling. A huge cast of 43 make a talented, big voiced choir that knock the ensemble numbers out of the park. They are a joy to watch and a pleasure to listen to. Set in the countryside, the production…
– ORACLE – The Myth – Only at the Athenaeum Theatre, 188 Collins St, Melbourne We have 2 double passes thanks to Bass Farm Collective for the performance of ORACLE – The Myth at the Athenaeum Theatre, 188 Collins St, Melbourne at 7:30 pm on Thursday, 19 January 2023. *Please make sure before you enter…
