Year: 2016

In her play Savages, currently showing at the Eternity Playhouse in Darlinghurst, Patricia Cornelius brings us face to face with a segment of society that is all too familiar these days – the violent man. Inspired by the death of Diane Brimble aboard a cruise ship in 2002, Cornelius takes a look at what drives…

Cabaret performer Shirley Gnome brings her show from Vancouver, Canada to debut in Melbourne this month. After making waves at the fringes in Perth and Adelaide, the production has been accepted as a late-addition to the festival with three shows scheduled. The performance  is a an exciting blend of bawdy music, clever lyrics and profoundly smart insights…

After receiving a huge amount of support for its premier season in Sydney in 2015, Gail Louw’s one woman play Blonde Poison is heading to Melbourne for a strictly limited time in June. Starring previous Best Actress Nominee at the 2015 Sydney Theatre Awards, Belinda Giblin transforms into a character of strength and vast dimensions,…

Recently opened at the UQ Art Museum, ephemeral traces: Brisbane’s artist-run scene in the 1980s is a sister exhibition to their 2012 offering Return to sender, exploring the work of a select group of Brisbane artists during the mid 1980s. Where Michele Helmrich’s Return to sender focused on the artists driven out of Queensland by the conservative John Bjelke-Petersen government, ephemeral…

The worldwide smash hit musical We Will Rock You has returned to Australia. The Australian tour begins at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre on 28 April 2016, then travels to the Lyric Theatre, QPAC, Brisbane from 10 July; then on to Melbourne’s Regent Theatre from 30 August. Perth’s Crown Theatre follows from November, then the Festival Theatre,…

Ahead of their collaboration for Melbourne’s Good Beer Week, Huxtaburger and local craft brewery Wolf of the Willows will be teaming up for a special intimate dining experience that seeks to highlight good burgers and good booze. Set for Tuesday 26th April, the 40-person dinner will be held at Huxtaburger Hawthorn. Daniel Wilson, Food Director…

With an official Facebook page that sits at almost 6,000 likes already, not-yet-opened Bondi cafe Milky Lane has certainly tugged at the indulgent heart strings of Sydney’s most ardent foodies with the announcement that their menu will feature recently internet-breaking dessert creation The Churro Bowl. The image you see above is of one such magical,…

As we edge towards the now completely SOLD OUT inaugural Burgerpalooza at Manning House across the 16th and 17th April, the lineup has literally heated up with the addition of artisan producers Handsome Devils Co., who have become the official hot sauce supplier for the event. The Sydney-based company were recently placed at number one…

One of the principles of psychology is that “a man’s Self is the sum total of all that he can call his” — a statement that goes a long way in understanding the revival of vinyl. We are able to download and stream thousands upon thousands of files of music, often for nothing, and yet…

The Pretty Littles are packing up and heading out on tour from the end of the month, spreading the good word about their latest tune “Pride” with fans down the coast! The indie rockers have injected a solid dose of garage to their new single which is no doubt going to go down brilliantly as…

I’ll be honest, it wasn’t hard to generate a list of questions for someone who has had such a varied and illustrious career in this industry. With a near twenty year wealth of experience to draw from, Ella Hooper has to be one of Australia’s hardest working artists. Smart, witty and oh so talented, Ella…

One of Australia’s most unique and adventurous festivals, Dark Mofo will be sweeping through Hobart this June for 11 days of what is being described as a “maelstrom of cultural pandemonium”, casting its multifaceted shadow over various nooks and crannies, as well as theatres, warehouses, and hubs, across the city. The program planned to fit…

On the way to Brunswick to pick up a vinyl test pressing of his new album Chasing Love, Jason Heerah took the time to tell me what it’s like to be a real musician surviving success on commercial television. Jason’s professional is resume impressive but as he explains here, the new album is all about…

Adelaide favourites, West Thebarton Brothel Party, have recently dropped their banger of a new tune in “Red or White” and soon, more people down the east coast are going to be seeing just was the seven piece are made of now with some brand new tour dates having been announced too! WTBP have long been on our radar…

The 2016 MTV Movie Awards took place over the weekend with Star Wars: The Force Awakens taking home three of the eleven awards it scored nominations for. The other big winners included Will Smith, who scored the MTV Generation Award and Melissa McCarthy who walked off with the Comedic Genius Award. Check out the full list of award winner and nominees…

Following on their pickup of Marvel’s superhero teen romance Cloak and Dagger, American network Freeform are looking to double down on superpowered TV with an American remake of British series Misfits. It’s too early for any casting news but it was confirmed that the titular miscreants will be getting their superpowers from a mysterious chemical rather than…

Co-creator, executive producer and showrunner Terence Winter has been let go from HBO’s music-drama Vinyl over creative differences. HBO said to Deadline in a statement that  “As we head into the second season of Vinyl, we have decided it is an appropriate time to make a change in the creative direction of the show”. Feature film…

Bethesda have just released a short yet colourful trailer showcasing an array of new traps, neon lights, and settlement decorations for Fallout 4‘s forthcoming DLC pack, Wasteland Workshop.

Pokkén Tournament has got to be one of the strangest fighting games I’ve ever played. It stitches together many of the genre’s more traditional elements with a number of more modern design philosophies. It’s trying to please a lot of people at once, Pokémon  and Tekken fans chief among them. It pulls from Bandai Namco’s ongoing Naruto and Dragonball Z…

When you think about the obstacles and expectations that The People vs O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story has to overcome, it sounds almost as unbelievable as the verdict of the infamous case itself. As a follow-up and spin-off to Ryan Murphy‘s American Horror Story, The People vs O. J. Simpson has to prove that can Murphy’s talents for…

After appearing in last year’s season of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, Joel Creasey has fast become one of Australia’s favourite celebrities. Creasey’s show at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival is appropriately titled The Crown Prince because, well, why not? This latest work from Creasey details all the highlights from his…

As the curtain opens you would be forgiven for thinking you had stumbled into the wrong theatre. On stage we see Sherlock Holmes concluding a murder investigation and catching his killer – but how can that be when we are only three minutes in? Here, at the start of the Pavilion Theatre’s The Game’s Afoot;…

To truly take in the many incredible perspectives available to us in Sydney it’s necessary to scout around The Rocks, Walsh Bay, and similar areas to find the various vantage points that are unique to this city. Blu Bar on 36 springs to mind when thinking about these vantage points, a long-standing bar 36 floors…

Mona’s winter solstice festival Dark Mofo will sweep through Hobart for 11 days this June, bringing a multitude of the weird and wonderful to venues, dark corners, and hubs across the city spanning the arts, live music, food, light, film, and more. Cerebral works from local and international artists will be displayed in temporary hubs…

Chippendale’s innovative Silvereye, fresh off a collaborative dinner with world-renowned Evil Eye Brewing, is kicking off a new bi-monthly vegan dinner series towards the end of this month. From Tuesday 26th April, Executive Chef Sam Miller will present a twelve-course vegan menu once every two months, seeking to highlight vegetables with the same reverence and…

Jon Daly has been cast as Bill Murray in the upcoming Netflix original biopic A Futile and Stupid Gesture. The news comes following last week’s casting of Joel McHale as a young Chevy Chase. A Futile and Stupid Gesture is set to be directed by David Wain and will tell the story of Doug Kenney, co-founder of the…

Despite early reports to the contrary, it looks like Melissa McCarthy will be reprising her role as Sookie in the upcoming Gilmore Girls reboot on Netflix. McCarthy broke the news during a recent appearance on Ellen, saying “I’m gonna go back and do it, and I am so excited”. Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino is returning…

Narcos and Game of Thrones star Pedro Pascal has joined the cast of the upcoming Kingsmen: The Golden Circle. No details are known about his character aside from his name, Jack Daniels. It’s another big get for an already star-studded follow-up to the 2015-spy thriller, which recently added Halle Berry and Jullianne Moore as villains. Kingsmen: The…

Along with surprises, it’s certain that the next season of Game of Thrones will feature some pretty big deaths. Season 8 is being thrown around more and more as a prospective send-off for the series and we can only expect the bodycount to rise the closer we get to then. With that in mind, here’s who…

Brisbane West End cocktail and Whisky bar, Cobbler, has launched their newest themed cocktail menu as Autumn continues to blow through the city, paying homage to Bruce Willis and the Nakatomi Plaza seen in 1988 classic Die Hard with their playfully named cocktails such as the John McClane (Talisker 10, delord fine armagnac, peppermint tea, rosemary…