7 June 2014
Kim Smith: Nova Noir – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review
Australian cabaret performer Kim Smith enticed his crowd the moment they heard his bright vocals and witnessed his stylised movements and piercing eyes. Smith…
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7 June 2014
Lizzie Moore – On A Night Like This: The Erin Minogue Experience – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review
With her sharp cheekbones; big, white teeth and shining eyes, Lizzie Moore could pass for a Minogue sister on looks alone. So she’s created Erin, a send-up…
7 June 2014
Rhonda Burchmore: Vinyl Viagra – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review
Rhonda Burchmore’s alter ego, Ruda Brickmore wowed the Adelaide audience on her opening night of Vinyl Viagra at the Dunstan Playhouse. From the get go the…
7 June 2014
Sven Ratzke presents Diva Diva’s – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review
There’s a lot more to Sven Ratzke’s cabaret than the music of his favourite divas. Humour, storytelling, plenty of audience engagement, and reminiscing about…
28 May 2014
ESCAPE: An Anthology Of Short Stories
Sometimes a story can change your whole world. Words on a page can be so powerful that it seems like your eyes have a new colour or shape – the tale becomes a…
21 May 2014
PEACE, LOVE AND KHAKI SOCKS – Eye Opening Portrayal of Life as a Darwin-based Army ‘wife’ – Book Review
Amy Silva is not your ordinary army ‘wife’. She’s an organic-produce adoring, hemp-wearing nuevo-hippy. Her boyfriend, Dylan Brookes, thrives in the macho…
19 May 2014
Ginger & Rosa – Straight Character Piece With a Fine Cast
Writer/director Sally Potter’s follow-up to the flawed Yes and the underappreciated Rage is a fairly straight character piece with a fine cast and rather less…
19 May 2014
Sunlight Jnr. – Lingering Mood of Quiet Desperation
Writer/director Laurie Collyer’s low-budget drama features a cool cast and moving playing, and yet the lingering mood of quiet desperation makes it slightly…
19 May 2014
The New Vibe – Vincent’s Chair: Fresh, Likeable and Thought Provoking – CD Review
It is a few years now since this gorgeous trio’s last full length offering; this could be due to the fact that they have been busy scouring romantic and…
14 May 2014
Oldboy – Equally As Nasty As Its Source
Producer/director Spike Lee’s most ostensibly commercial movie since his Inside Man (and his first remake) is an Americanised version of Korean filmmaker…
11 May 2014
Evil Feed – Wearyingly ‘Extreme’
This wearyingly ‘extreme’ feature début from stuntman-turned-co-writer/director/producer Kimani Ray Smith is intended as a hybrid of grindhouse horror…
11 May 2014
TIDDAS – Not Your Average Chick-Lit – Book Review
Tiddas , by Anita Heiss, is the story of five friends, or tiddas, who are dealing with the challenges of a broken marriage, unwanted pregnancy, infertility…