26 May 2016
HEX by Thomas Olde Heuvelt: Evil Doesn’t Sleep, It Waits – Book Review
As translated by Nancy Forest-Flier, Heuvelt’s latest novel is of course a study of evil (of all types), and while it works as a memorable horror drama, there’s…
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26 May 2016
LEMMY: THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY by Rock Writer and Pro Biographer Mick Wall – Book Review
Rock writer and pro biographer Wall has always had an interest in the harder, more metal side of things (note his other tomes upon Black Sabbath, AC/DC…
26 May 2016
SHAKESPEARE & ME – Edited by Susannah Carson: 38 Great Writers, Actors and Directors on What The Bard Means To Them… and Us – Book Review
Carson’s collection of personal essays concerning the enormous influence ‘The Bard’ has had upon writers of all sorts, directors of stage and screen, actors of…
26 May 2016
TWO DECADES NAKED by Leigh Hopkinson: A True Story Of Dancing, Dreams & Desire – Book Review
The first book from stripper-turned-author Hopkinson is a most readable account of one woman’s experience in the ‘table dancing’/‘lingerie dancing’/whatever…
25 May 2016
Fellside by M.R. Carey: The Flawed Follow-Up To “The Girl With All The Gifts” – Book Review
Carey (a pseudonym?), he of the “word-of-mouth bestseller” The Girl With All The Gifts , follows that one up with this weighty effort which begins well, gets…
15 May 2016
SCARY OLD SEX: Short Stories from Acclaimed Author, Psychiartist and Psychoanalyst Arlene Heyman – Book Review
New Yorker Heyman, acclaimed author, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, here offers seven not-quite-short-stories (40 pages or so is the average) concerning, of…
15 May 2016
THATCHER STOLE MY TROUSERS by Alexei Sayle… Orright? – Book Review
Dear old Alexei’s second volume of memoirs after Stalin Ate My Homework (and following on from his acclaimed works of fiction including The Dog Catcher and The…
2 May 2016
An Evening With Brodsky Quartet & Katie Noonan: With Love And Fury @ Her Majesty’s Theatre – Review
The concept is fairly straightforward: Ten composers are commissioned to create musical works incorporating the poetry of Judith Wright, to be performed by…
23 Apr 2016
Little Shop Of Horrors: A Darkly Delicious And Ferociously Funny Story About A Plant With A Severe Case Of Bloodlust – Review
When talking about a true cult classic, it’s impossible to go past Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s ground-breaking musical about an alien plant with carnivorous…
18 Apr 2016
Going Off With A Bang – Mary’s Poppin Opening Night – Review
The Adelaide queer community has been excitedly gossiping about the new cocktail lounge in Adelaide since news of the bar emerged in December 2015. When the…
15 Apr 2016
The Elephant Man: A Story That Still Resonates Today @ The Arts Theatre – Review
Based on the memoirs of eminent London surgeon Frederick Treves (Steve Marvanek), The Elephant Man is both a study in the life of Joseph “John” Merrick (Robert…
13 Apr 2016
Andy White – How Things Are In Adelaide – Live At The Trinity Sessions – Review
By this writer’s reckoning, it’s been a tick over seven years since Andy White last played in Adelaide. After gigging here more than 10 times between 2003 and…