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  • Kemp’s Curtain Call

    Kemp’s Curtain Call

    Karralyka Theatre The Quintessential Best of Tour plus The Black Sorrows. 40 years in the making, The Black Sorrows – The Quintessential Best of Tour…

  • Cartoon: Rollercoaster

    Cartoon: Rollercoaster

    Cartoonist Danny Zemp depicts the rollercoaster that is Melbourne weather… literally.

  • Worst Films of 2025

    Worst Films of 2025

    A small negative trend I noticed this year involves certain film productions missing their own troubling implications. Elio, Pixar’s latest family film, doesn’t realise the…

  • Home Alone: But make it Australian

    Home Alone: But make it Australian

    Karralyka Theatre The Australian INXS Tribute Show featuring Dellacoma Rio. Fronted by the incredible Dellacoma Rio, whose uncanny portrayal of Michael Hutchence has captivated audiences…

  • The meaning of Christmas

    The meaning of Christmas

    December has arrived, bringing promises of warmer weather, summer fruits and of course the countdown to Christmas. Many have nostalgic memories of Christmases that were…

  • Like an American Seventh Seal

    Like an American Seventh Seal

    Train Dreams Starring Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones M 5/5 A sad but beautiful life unfolding on-screen, Train Dreams is a sumptuously-shot, superbly-acted film directed…

  • Energy affordability comes first

    Energy affordability comes first

    All Australians deserve affordable power bills and responsible emissions reduction. Under Labor, they are getting neither. Power bills are up nearly 40 per cent, families…

  • Slow response

    Slow response

    As the fight to end gendered violence comes to the fore with the worldwide 16 Days of Activism campaign, cartoonist Danny Zemp highlights how an…

  • Galinda the Good, or Galinda the Quisling

    Galinda the Good, or Galinda the Quisling

    Wicked: For Good Starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande Rated M 3.5/5 Wicked: For Good, the second part of John Chu’s epic film adaptation of…

  • Cosi: ‘A wonderful rollercoaster’

    Cosi: ‘A wonderful rollercoaster’

    CPP Community Theatre Cosi Set in a psychiatric facility, Cosi is a play about friendship, romance, community and difference. It’s 1971 and Australia is protesting…

  • CSIRO cuts slash heart of STEM

    CSIRO cuts slash heart of STEM

    Protons, neutrons, electrons, fees Spin, charm, and strange, all have their place In one atom’s snug mysteries, Ode to the Atom by John Updike: This…

  • A second chance at sunset: Coldstream’s twilight adoption evening

    A second chance at sunset: Coldstream’s twilight adoption evening

    As the year winds down and calendars fill up, it can be hard to find time for the things that really matter. That’s why Animal…

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