More MoreJenny Hval @ The Famous Spiegeltent Reviewed on Tuesday January 19 (photo by Jamie Williams) Jenny Hval’s show in the famous Sydney Festival Spiegeltent wasn’t a performance: it was a transformation,...
More MoreFive Minutes with Charlie Garber and Gareth Davies from Masterclass 2 Masterclass 2: Flames Of The Forge is a sequel to your earlier comedy, Masterclass. Are the characters we know and love returning in this one?...
More MoreThe Blackeyed Susans @ Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent Reviewed on Sunday January 17 With a style steeped in darkened country bending to and around the incredible power of Rob Snarski’s vocals, the sounds...
Features FeaturesThe 5th Wave ★ The era of the young adult has hit Hollywood with a vengeance, and if it’s turned pages at bookstores, you can guarantee it’s had...
More MoreThe Rabbits ★★★★ The Rabbits is an Australian opera adapted from a picture book that is anything but child’s play. The original story was written by John...
More MoreVortex Temporum ★★★☆ Two works by Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker are being performed at this year’s Sydney Festival. The Opera House is hosting Fase, the...
Features FeaturesSpotlight ★★★★ Spotlight is a biodrama that chronicles the The Boston Globe’s investigation into the cover-up of child sexual abuse by the Catholic Church in the...
More MoreThee Oh Sees @ Newtown Social Club Reviewed on Thursday January 14 Loud, trippy and one hell of a party: Thee Oh Sees’ live show has to be seen to be believed....
More MoreCourtney Barnett @ Enmore Theatre Reviewed on Saturday January 16 (photo by Katrina Clarke) Given there were almost three hours between the opening note played by her first support and...
Features FeaturesBirdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance) ★★★★☆ Jazz drummer and composer Antonio Sánchez first met the lauded film director Alejandro González Iñárritu at an afterparty following a marathon concert event. Sánchez...
More MoreDirty Three @ State Theatre Reviewed on Friday January 15 (photo by Dylan Demarchi) Timidly introducing herself, Mirel Wagner’s folk tales led her listeners to a much more sinister place...
More MoreDreamland @ Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent Reviewed on Saturday January 16 (photo by Jamie Williams) “Welcome to Dreamland,” breathes drummer Laurence Pike into the microphone. The time is midnight and the...
