1 Nov 2022
Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey Plays Into The Gap At The Gov ~ Live Music Review
There is a weird thing that happens at gigs like tonight’s show by Thompson Twins front man Tom Bailey . I see a bunch of people that only exist in my world at…
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12 Oct 2022
The Charlatans: Classic Brit-Pop Shakes Down The Gov Walls ~ Live Music Review
The Gov is heaving with Brit-pop fans and ex-pat Englishmen to see the mighty Charlatans turn in a blinder on a Tuesday night in little ol’ A-Town. Like many of…
6 Oct 2022
After All This: Ever Wondered What Happens To us After Death? ~ Theatre Review
After All This is a three act play that ruminates on ideas that are often the territory of religious thought – life after death, the concept of there being…
14 Sept 2022
Tom Bailey: Bringing The Thompson Twins’ Music To The Gov ~ Music Interview
Ah the 1980’s what a glorious time for pop music. After a decade of denim, self-important twenty minute guitar solos and things being very earnest and serious…
28 Aug 2022
The Bleeding Tree: Gripping Horror Presented By Theatre Republic ~ Theatre Review
An eerie soundscape greets audiences as they arrive. A strange silhouetted wooden structure sits hauntingly in the dark. Three figures emerge from the darkness…
24 Aug 2022
Conspiracy: A History Of Bollocks Theories ~ Don’t Believe Everything You Read (Except This) ~ Hachette Aust ~ Book Review
Conspiracy: A History Of Bollocks Theories , And How Not To Fall For Them
24 Aug 2022
Mean Baby by Selma Blair: A Memoir Of Growing Up ~ A Co-Star Is Born ~ Hachette Aust ~ Book Review
Selma Blair (Hachette Australia: Virago) 2022, 301pp, RRP $32.99 (paperback); $59.99 (hardback); $35.99 (audiobook)
24 Aug 2022
The Bay by Allie Reynolds: Beached! ~ Hachette Aust Book Review
Allie Reynolds (Hachette Australia) 2022, 408pp, RRP $32.99 (paperback); $34.99 (audiobook); $12.99 (e-book)
24 Aug 2022
Truly, Darkly, Deeply by Victoria Selman: The Past Is A Killer ~ Hachette Aust Book Review
Victoria Selman (Hachette Australia: Quercus) 2022, 384p, RRP $32.99 (paperback); $45.00 (hardback); $15.99 (e-book); $39.99 (audiobook)
23 Aug 2022
ONE LAST KISS: …At Adelaide Entertainment Centre – The Clothesline News
Next Tuesday night, the lights will go down at the Entertainment Centre, a low drone will come over the PA and a voice will declare for the last time ‘ALRIGHT…
15 Aug 2022
Chalkface by Angela Betzen: Teaching Is A Risky Business ~ Theatre Review
Pat’s been teaching for 35 years and has just lost her only friend on the staff of Water Vale Primary School. She’s as jaded as the rundown staffroom that…
14 Aug 2022
ARCADIA by University Of Adelaide Theatre Guild: Connecting Past And Present ~ Review
Touted by some as one of the best plays of the modern era, Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia is certainly based around a great idea. An upper class family from Derbyshire…