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Details: 20 May 2010

The Last Five Years | The Brainbox Project

There are very few people who can say that they are strangers to heartbreak. The gentle sniffles and the surreptitious wiping of eyes among audience members at the opening night of The Last Five Years was testament to that.

Details: 18 May 2010

It’s not often that boutique beer and oysters come with the price of a ticket to a dance show. But within the realm of the Next Wave Festival, whose motto is No Risk Too Great, art practice is put into unusual contexts.

Details: 17 May 2010

Jen Cloher & Jordie Lane must surely stand as two of Australia's most cogent & compelling singer-songwriters.

Details: 17 May 2010

Noone wrote, or writes, with quite the same self-assured panache. If ever there was a compelling argument for Anglophilia, he's it.

Details: 16 May 2010

An engrossing story teamed with terrific lead performances and a hilarious Australiana twist, had me won from the first note.

Details: 16 May 2010

Of the four acts and emcee there were enough laughs to feed the hungry crowd, but some courses were tastier than others.

Details: 16 May 2010

The Ugly One | Melbourne Theatre Company

Here’s a good thing – a play with important messages, exploring contemporary themes that makes a withering critique of undesirable values – all without bashing audiences over the head with worthiness or heavily slanted moralizing.

Details: 15 May 2010

Dennis Kelly’s script wastes no time with exposition and throws us into the drama head first.

The Last Five Years | The Brainbox Project

Private Dances

Jen Cloher & Jordie Lane

Blithe Spirit | NTT Productions

The Elixir of Love | Opera Queensland

Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow 2010

The Ugly One | Melbourne Theatre Company

DNA | WA Youth Theatre Company