Review: The Life of Pablo
For most of us, that part-fabricated, all-celebrity iconic soup marinates his entire identity, and unfortunately for The Life of Pablo, any alternative interpretation you could try scooping out of his…
For Your Commiseration: An Antidote to #OscarsSoWhite
"Let us be clear. The Academy has a diversity problem. The film industry has a diversity crisis." In the run-up to the whitewashed 2016 Oscars, Jaymes Durante writes about the…
Fringe World Review: R. Kelly’s Trapped in the Closet with Sam Cribb
Receiving a personal invitation to view it is like joining a Skull and Bones sundowner: the logistics and lingo might not make a lot of sense, but you know witnessing…
The Worldwide Bern: Sanders, Youth Politics and Australia
It is not uncommon to find Germans, English, and Australians showing their support and sharing their desire for a candidate like Sanders in their own country; a candidate who they…
Fringe World Review: Snake/Bad Adam
If you’re looking for something to really sink your teeth into and to leave you breathless, ‘Snake/Bad Adam’ is worth every moment. And you had better not bring your folks…
Interview: Matthew Lehmann (West Australian Ballet)
"Here, most people are quite welcoming to the fact I do ballet, it’s only guys in suits that seem to have a problem with me. Bikers I meet at the…
Review: Brooklyn
Brooklyn, about voyages across physical seas and oceans of sentiment, is so refreshingly amorous to the eye and the heart that I could easily consider it radical. Jaymes Durante reviews.
Fringe World Review: Sinsuality
‘Sinsuality’ is a dark and dramatic riot of circus, ariels, burlesque, and pole dancing that illustrates the seven deadly sins and will leave you breathless.
Fringe World Review: Tomas Ford’s Craptacular!
This is a juggernaut of a performance. Set against the ramshackle backdrop of packing boxes and askew projector screen, it is relentlessly energising. You get the sense that nothing could…
Fringe World Review: Sleeping Beauty
These two protagonists are “guests” of a sleep clinic, wearing uniformed striped pajamas and consuming questionable drugs. They reflect a sense of innocence and vulnerability in their failures to overcome…