the babadook
Once upon a time, Amelia was being rushed to hospital by her husband, Oscar, for the birth of their baby. A collision, and death collected Daddy. Mummy delivered a son, Samuel.
Seven years on, Samuel is “in the spectrum”, Amelia …
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x–men: days of future past
Thousands of fans turned out at Melbourne Central on Friday May 16 to catch a glimpse of Hugh Jackman, (Wolverine), Peter Dinklage (Bolivar Trask) and Fan Bingbing (Blink) walk the red carpet for the Australian premiere. Although Hugh Jackman received …
the phantom of the opera
Lush, lavish, opulent and romantic this is a splendid version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s now classic musical .Willoughby Theatre Company have done it again with this enthralling ,extremely impressive ,dazzling , spectacular show .
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, Lloyd-Webber’s …
bob dylan birthday marathon
Bob Dylan turns 73 next Saturday May 24th. Bruce Williams, Bill Kitson and the ‘superhuman crew’ have been taking over the 2SER FM studios once a year to celebrate Bob’s birthday. This year is the 30th show and most of …
scenes from an execution
New theatre company Tooth & Sinew’s premiere production of Howard Barker’s SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION lives up to the company’s name.
It’s an apt choice, as Barker’s language is muscular, visceral and a veritable anatomical alphabet.
Our first image is …
the ballet boyz: the talent
A vibrant ,sensuous ,virile , enthralling program that champions male dancing , ‘The Talent’ is a double bill of two short works Liam Scarlett’s ‘Serpent’ and Russell Maliphant’s ‘Fallen’.
The company is called ‘Ballet Boyz ‘ and was established roughly …
the broken circle breakdown
What becomes of the broken hearted?
Now there’s a lyric that encapsulates THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN (MA) an extraordinary, engaging, emotionally and intellectually affecting film that charts a love story from burgeoning beauty through to bitterness and bereavement, yet never …
the zero theorem
Like some cinematic cousin to his masterpiece, ‘Brazil’, Terry Gilliam’s THE ZERO THEOREM is set in an uber bureaucratic dystopia echoing Orwell, Kafka and Philip K. Dick.
Our protagonist, the emotionally damaged and the emotionally bereft Qohen Leth, is an …
marco spada
Ignore the ridiculous Victorian /Gilbert and Sullivan plot with its moral twist at the end, just sit back, relax and admire the spectacle and superb, dazzling dancing.
Yet again the Bolshoi field a gigantic cast with umpteen lines of soldiers, …