Category: Latest Reviews

The Jazz Haus - An Evening of Duke Ellington

An Evening of Duke Ellington

April 13 - Latest Reviews, Music, Performance
Eric Ajaye’s jazz venue, The Jazz Haus, hosted a masterclass in classic jazz singing when three veteran female jazz singers presented a stylish evening of the songs by Duke Ellington and his associate, Billy Strayhorn. M...
AAR Fish Out Of Water

Fish Out of Water

April 11 - Film, Latest Reviews
There is a charming naivety to Pete Fletcher and Tom Hudson, two men in their mid-thirties who despite their limited sailing experience set out in a refurbished plywood rowboat to trek the North Atlantic Ocean in documen...
Jeff Green AAR On the Couch

MICF: Jeff Green – Letters Home

April 10 - Comedy, Latest Reviews
Ten years ago, Englishman Jeff Green – with children and his Aussie wife – relocated to Australia, tracing one of the “Ten Pound Pom” routes of decades past. For such emigrants, the BBC radio show Two-way Fam...
MICF19 Becky Lucas

MICF: Becky Lucas – Um, Support Me?!

April 10 - Comedy, Latest Reviews
Why the pained smile from Brisbane stand-up comic Becky Lucas? Could it be anxiety over what sort of crowd she’ll get at her shows? Maybe, as her MICF guide argument didn’t really support the plea of her title: Um, Suppo...
STC How To Rule The World Michelle Lim Davidson, Anthony Taufa and Nakkiah Lui - photo by Prudence Upton

How To Rule The World

April 9 - Latest Reviews, Theatre
It was a rather disorientating experience to walk into the theatre and be confronted by Marg Horwell’s splendid setting depicting the hallowed halls of Parliament House. This is a familiar environment for many of the Can...
Ensemble Theatre The Last Five Years Christian Charisiou as Jamie and Elise McCann as Cathy - photo by Phil Erbacher

The Last Five Years

April 6 - Latest Reviews, Music Theatre
Jamie and Catherine’s relationship is in a tail spin, but it’s also on the up and up: one character goes forward temporally while the other goes back. We follow Jamie on his journey from young wannabe writer to literary ...