Day: 26 June 2026

Interview: Director Sarah D’Ambrosio and star Hannah Emily Anderson on the right to feel bad in Good Vibes Only

With Good Vibes Only, writer/director Sarah D’Ambrosio imagines a world where artificial intelligence doesn’t just organise our lives – it dictates how we’re allowed to feel. After a painful break-up, Eva desperately wants to cry, but her relentlessly upbeat AI companion, Margaret, insists on steering her back towards positivity, transforming grief into something that needs…

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A classic tale of compassion, Balloon Dog at the Sydney Opera House will pull at the heartstrings

Produced and created by Indian Ink Theatre Company, Balloon Dog at the Sydney Opera House is a contemporary adaptation of Kabuliwala, the 1892 Bengali short story by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. It is the story of a five-year-old girl called Mini who befriends a local service station worker called Kabir (Jehangir Homavazir). They form an…

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From BookTok to Barry’s Bay: How the cast of Every Year After honoured a beloved love story

The cast of Every Year After knew they were stepping into beloved territory. Adapted from Carley Fortune’s bestselling novel ‘Every Summer After’ – a BookTok sensation that spent 16 weeks on The New York Times Bestseller List and has sold more than one million copies – the series arrives with an audience already deeply invested…

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The HyperX Origins 2 65 is an affordable and durable mechanical keyboard

I’d like to think that I’m getting pretty well-versed in the world of keyboards at this point. I’ve tried enough to know which ones I like and what works best for me, and also understand the type of keyboards that I don’t like. I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to test the HyperX…

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Interview: Charlotte MacInnes on discovering herself on debut EP HIGHWATER; “I wanted to create a world that felt a lot bigger in its way of imagery and language.”

Charlotte MacInnes speaks about her debut EP HIGHWATER with the kind of wonder that feels inseparable from the music itself. Across five tracks, the Australia-born, London-based singer-songwriter builds a world where rivers become places of reflection, ghosts become lessons to carry or release, and contradictions are embraced rather than resolved. Rooted in alternative pop but…

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Album Review: Kita Alexander crafts her most mature and self-assured work to date with sophomore LP RAGE

For an album named RAGE, Kita Alexander‘s second full-length effort is remarkably gentle. That isn’t a criticism. In fact, it’s the album’s greatest strength. Rather than presenting rage as explosive, destructive, or all-consuming, Alexander approaches the emotion as something far more nuanced: a catalyst for growth, self-discovery, and necessary change. Across these songs, anger isn’t…

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