Month: July 2017

Live Review: Grinspoon + Hockey Dad + Good Boy – Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne (30.06.17)

Ten seconds in: hands are thrown in the air, heads are banging, hair whipping, water bottles spraying, a couple both wearing spikey chokers are making out – as soon as Grinspoon hit the stage the crowd instantly transitioned from relatively chilled, to nostalgic 90’s punk rock! Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their album, Guide to Better…

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Watch the intense trailer for the Australian one-shot indie film Watch the Sunset

It’s an Australian Sons of Anarchy, as the trailer for Watch The Sunset – filmed in just one take – has been released. Premiering at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival next week, the project by BarrLipp Productions is a gripping drama and thriller that looks at the extremely prevalent issue of crystal meth or “Ice”…

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Matilda’s Elise McCann on her new Roald Dahl inspired album Dahlesque

Known for her award-winning role as Miss Honey in the recent Australian tour of smash-hit musical Matilda, Elise McCann has now taken her love and knowledge of Dahl’s work one step further- creating an album that draws upon and inspired by the magical works of one of the world’s most beloved authors. We caught up…

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Interview: Peter Lord and David Sproxton of Aardman Animations open about the future of animation and their legacy

There’s no doubt you’ve seen the work of Aardman Animations at some point in your lives. Some of you grew up with it, some of you are just discovering it now and some of you are sharing it with your own kids and reminiscing on the good old days. ACMI has done it once again;…

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Review: Bangarra Dance Theatre Company’s Bennelong is emotional, heartbreaking and utterly significant (Sydney Opera House until 29 July 2017)

Choreographed by Stephen Page, Bennelong by the Bangarra Dance Theatre Company, articulates the story of Wollarawarre Bennelong, an Eora man who was kidnaped by Governor Phillip in 1789 and forced to live in the colonies. Taken back to England, Bennelong learnt to speak English and was held up as an example of the relationship between…

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