Ability Fest 2023, Birrarung Marr, March 26th 2023 – Live Review
Organised by The Dylan Alcott Foundation and Untitled Group, Ability Fest 2023 featured a stellar line up…
Author: Kiera Stephens
Lorde: Solar Power Tour, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, March 10th 2023 – Live Review
It’s been five years since Lorde has been back to Melbourne. The world has changed but it’s…
Creed III – Film Review
Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky premiered almost 50 years ago and has become the gold standard of how to…
Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical (Encore Melbourne Season) – Theatre Review
One of the biggest film trends in to 90s was retelling ‘classic’ films and plays but with…
Softly Softly – Theatre Review
Softly, Softly, performed at Collection Bar in Richmond is a no-frills production, where the actors have no…
Wittenoom – Theatre Review
Wittenoom is a story written by Mary Ann Butler about a mother and daughter that weaves the…
Lemon Tree on Dreg Street – Theatre Review
Lemon Tree on Dreg Street is an offbeat and heart-warming story written by Amy May Nunn under…
Halloween Ends – Film Review
After the disappointing Halloween Kills, my expectations for Halloween Ends were very low, Halloween: Resurrection low, so…
Bros – Film Review
I’m not usually a fan of romantic comedies as I very rarely find them to be actually…
Candice D’Arcy: Foreign Body {Melbourne Fringe} – Theatre Review
I’ve tried numerous times to comprehend the vast and complicated history of Africa, constantly getting side-tracked by…
Ghost Stories – Theatre Review
Produced by Amy Johnson and Nathan Alexander for Realscape Productions (AU), Jeremy Dyson, Sean Holmes, and Andy…
Titwitchez: Business Boyz – Theatre Review
Titwitchez’s Business Boyz is the kind of absolute on-stage fun that I love to see. There was…
The Marvellous Life of Carlo Gatti – Theatre Review
The Marvellous Life of Carlo Gatti is a unique, dark comedy written by Cassandra-Elli Yiannacou and directed…
Medea: Out of the Mouths of Babes – Theatre Review
Medea was first performed in Athens 431BC, with the plot centring on the actions of Medea as…
Puppets – Theatre Review
Everybody loves puppets! That’s why using them to tell the story of a 20-something struggling through dating…
Caligula – Theatre Review
Caligula is a Shakespearean epic written by Albert Camus and Directed by Robert Johnson telling the story…
Lachlan Wilde: World of Wonders – Theatre Review
I love magic. Maybe this comes from my love of the movie The Prestige, but also because…
The Amateurs – Theatre Review
Jordan Harrison’s witty tragedy-comedy play, ‘The Amateurs’ revolves around a group of players as they attempt to…
Max Paton: Big Funny – Comedy Review
In a rescheduled Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2022 season, unfortunately postpone due to Covid, Max Paton has…
5 Stars – Theatre Review
Jake Stewart may be one of the best young theatre writers working now. There was a joke…
Fisher – Theatre Review
There’s been a change in the way we see the world in the last few years. There…
Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis – Film Review
Love him or hate him, there’s no denying that Elvis Presley is an icon. Given his iconic…
Realscape Productions: Darkfield – Experience Review
Realscape Productions’ Darkfield is something that I’ve never experienced before. On paper it sounds truly terrifying, and…
Savage in Limbo – Theatre Review
Savage in Limbo is a 1984 play by American playwright John Patrick Stanley. The play is simple,…
Broken Record – Theatre Review
Broken Record is a new play written and staring Emily Farrell, where the lives of three siblings…
RISING FESTIVAL: The Goon Sax – Live Review
I’m mostly familiar with Brisbane indie-pop band, The Goon Sax from their songs, ‘Psychic’ and ‘In the…
Hatching – Film Review
In ‘Hatching’ – the directorial debut of Hanna Bergholm, a young girl hatches a slimy bird monster…
DIRT – Theatre Review
Two men walk into a bar. Neither are who they say they are. – That’s it. That…
Britni Leslie: Who Writes This Stuff? – Comedy Review
To start, ‘Who Writes This Stuff’ is a fairytale, the kind of fairy tale that we want…
The View From Up Here – Theatre Review
Performed at Melbourne’s Theatre Works, ‘The View from Up Here’ is a unique play that is performed…
Lauren Edwards: Everything Is A Lie – Comedy Review
Lauren Edwards is angry and stressed with the way our world is currently, and so she should…
Bronte Charlotte and Leigh Scully: Pieces of Shit – Theatre Review
Directed by Nick Clark, Pieces of Shit is an intimate performance from Bronte Charlotte and Leigh Scully….
Ally Morgan: Not Today – Theatre Review
Anything I write from this point on will never be as articulate or as powerful as Ally…
Diana Nguyen: Chasing Keanu Reeves: An Encore {Melbourne International Comedy Festival} – Comedy Review
A show called ‘Chasing Keanu Reeves’ already had my attention. Walking into the venue and seeing that…
Ben Abraham: Friendly Fire – Album Review
Friendly Fire was my introduction to Melbourne songwriter, now Los Angeles based artist Ben Abraham, and I’m…
Circle: Helen – Single Review
‘Helen’, featuring on Sydney based indie artist, Circle’s forthcoming album, ‘Coco and Charlie’ is a sweet, but…