Universal Studios now offer no less than eleven official accommodation options across its four theme parks in Orlando. But until 2013, only three were in operation. Loews Royal Pacific Resort was their third property, opening in June 2001, two years after the launch of their second gate, Islands of Adventure. It sits a brief walk…

With an increasing range of cellular and Wi-Fi-enabled devices that we take on the go with us nowadays, it feels like portable internet is equally important. There are options like Starlink, which are great for those travelling in a caravan through rural areas, for example, but in most cases, it’s nice to just have something…

When I heard Kristen Schaal was coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, after her run at Netflix’s Comedy Festival in LA, I knew I couldn’t miss her show. By all reports, the comedian well known for her turns on Flight of the Concords, What We Do In The Shadows and of course Bob’s Burgers, had…

Part of the House of Oz series at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival is Birds, a show that is set to make its stars Alex Hines and Sarah Stafford (known collectively as Sons of Susan) fan favourites of the festival. Less a traditional play and more of an absurdist character study, the 50-minute show takes…

Whose perspective shapes history? What happens if we look through a different lens? That’s what acclaimed historian Henry Reynolds’ asks in Looking from the North: Australian History from the Top Down. His latest book explores history from the vantage point of the tropical north, delivering an important truth telling. Known for seminal works, including Why…

One of the must-see plays at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival is a parody of Reginald Rose’s classic 1957 12 Angry Men, that was a hit of the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe. With equal humour and cruelty, this version of the show is titled 11 1/2 Angry Men, due to the shortness of one of the…

Seduction is rarely just about sex in Corpus. It’s about power, desire, vulnerability, and that dangerous willingness to ignore the warning signs when what’s waiting on the other side is attractive enough. Set against the sultry haze of upstate New York in 1998, Corrin Evans’ feature directorial debut lures Sayo (Jeff Wahlberg), his increasingly famous…

The Edinburgh Fringe brings in performances from all over the world, and this year, Spanish theatrical company Yllana have delivered their inspired flamenco comedy show Flamenc Oh!!. If you have never seen a show with such a description before, you’re not alone. I really had no idea what to expect when I walked in the…

A certain amount of beautiful stupidity comes with believing your teenage band could actually become something. That blind conviction – the kind that tells you stealing a car and driving across America might somehow be a perfectly reasonable response to an invitation to open for Green Day – sits at the heart of Nimrods, writer-director…

From Edinburgh Fringe mainstay Matt Tedford (Margaret Thatcher: Queen of Soho) comes his follow-up Margaret Thatcher: Queen of Hollywood. It’s a fast-paced, absurdist musical that sees the titular former Prime Minister take on modern Hollywood in an alternate reality where she is still alive, and in her own Oscar-winning cinematic universe. Tedford commits impressively to…

If Frenzal Rhomb are reading this, I promise this is not another bad review. Let me set the scene… it’s a Thursday night at one of Adelaide’s most iconic gig venues. Rain drizzles over patrons eagerly waiting for Frenzal Rhomb to take the stage and kick off their Sans Souci 23rd anniversary tour at The…

There are certain comedians who want to make you believe that they’re not “allowed” to make jokes about “anything” anymore. That life is so hard for a privileged, straight white guy.  That woke culture is destroying comedy. Yet up-and-coming British comedian Finlay Christie, who brings his new show Champagne Casanova to this month’s Edinburgh Fringe,…

Journey into the life and mind of travelling salesman Willy Loman in Neil Armfield’s adaptation of Death of a Salesman, an exploration of the flaws of the American dream, consequences of family expectations and the perceived rules of masculine success. Arthur Miller’s timeless two-act tragedy has stood the test of time, captivating audiences through countless…

Frenzal Rhomb‘s San Souci has just turned 23 and, to celebrate, the band have taken to the road for a mammoth Australian tour running from August through to November. On Friday night, they took to the stage at The Gov in Tartanya/Adelaide, with support from Handouts. Photographer John Goodridge was there to bring us all…

One of the longest running and most popular shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is the improvised musical Showstopper!. Like this very website, they kicked things off 18 years ago, in August 2008. Since then, there have been a dozen sell-out seasons, and they’ve even taken it to the West End (twice!) for which they…

There’s a certain honesty in opening your movie with the declaration that it is “based on a pathetic true story.” It’s an immediate indication of the wavelength Jeff Ryan is operating on with Mooch, a scrappy comedy noir that understands there are few things funnier – or, occasionally, sadder – than watching a grown man…

Aussie pop-punk legends Stand Atlantic are set to grace local stages once more, with October dates locked in to support the release of upcoming album GODBREATH. They’ll hit up Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth throughout October and early November, before heading over to Florida to join the line-up at the iconic Warped Tour. GODBREATH,…

Thanks to Sony Pictures Australia, we have 5 double in-season passes (Admit 2) to see the latest chapter in the Insidious series, Insidious: Out of the Further, only in Australian cinemas from August 20th, 2026. Having earned over $740 million at the global box office, the Insidious franchise returns with a new family and a…

Big Walk is the brand-new multiplayer game from developer House House, otherwise known as the team that previously made the wildly popular and addictive Untitled Goose Game. This time, they are going all in on the multiplayer angle, allowing for up to 12 players in a walkabout game that sees you communicating with your friends…

While I’m a massive AFL fan, I also have some incredibly fond memories of Aussie Rules Footy on the NES. While I’ve played almost every AFL game since then, I’ve always missed the simplicity and charm of that first NES game. So when I saw Pro Jank Footy, my eyes lit up. Pro Jank Footy…

Australian medical drama The F Ward is officially going global, with the locally produced series securing licensing deals across 100 key international territories and becoming the fastest-selling Australian drama ever pre-launch. Commissioned by Stan and co-produced by Roadshow Rough Diamond and CBS Studios, the six-part series launched in Australia last month, introducing audiences to the…

There’s an infectious sincerity running through Nimrods that makes it difficult not to root for. On paper, it’s another coming-of-age road trip about three underdogs chasing an impossible dream. In execution, however, it plays like a love letter to the scrappy youth comedies of decades past, complete with muted colours, fuzzy VHS inserts, a wall-to-wall…

Walking the streets of Edinburgh this week for my second ever time at the Fringe, it’s hard to escape the presence of Australians. I hear the accent in just about every audience, and there seems to be a comedian or a production on just about every stage. With the world’s second largest Fringe Festival in…

Few modern musicals have travelled quite as successfully as Hadestown. From its beginnings as Anaïs Mitchell’s independent theatre project to Tony-winning Broadway phenomenon and international hit, its journey is now taking another turn, with the celebrated musical heading to the big screen. Trafalgar Releasing has confirmed that Hadestown: The Musical, filmed live on stage at…

Phantom Blade Zero is shaping up to be one of the more exciting releases of the year, and PlayStation have announced in its latest blog post, that it will be the next State of Play for 2026. While we’re not sure exactly how long this will run, we do know it will extend upon the…

With billions of views, tens of millions of followers and sold-out shows across the globe, Max Amini has built the kind of comedy career whose statistics can sound almost implausible. Named by Variety as one of the “most watched comedians on the planet,” the Iranian-American performer delivered 2025’s most-watched stand-up special across all platforms with…

Making their fifth appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, last night I had the chance to see the hilarious Melbourne production Adults Only Magic Show at the iconic Scottish festival. The show receives rave reviews each year – and this, the 463rd time they’ve performed the show, will have been no exception. Helmed by magicians…

David Robert Mitchell has never seemed particularly interested in giving audiences exactly the movie they think they’re getting. It Follows turned a seemingly simple supernatural curse into an unnerving meditation on intimacy and mortality, while Under the Silver Lake gleefully disappeared down its own paranoid rabbit holes. So perhaps it makes perfect sense that Mitchell’s…

While the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is perhaps best known for its comedy programming, the world’s largest performing arts festival has something for everyone. British music promoter and musician Andy Macleod certainly understands this, as he debuts his new one-man show at the event, Soho Days and Camden Nights. It’s his second time at the Fringe,…

I’ve never really gotten into any of the X-Com games over the years, and to be completely honest, I’m not sure why. I’ve heard nothing but great things about them, but with Star Wars Zero Company essentially reviving the genre more recently, I felt compelled to dive a little deeper and check this one out….