The Cherry Orchard: Review
The Cherry Orchard, by Anton Chekhov, is a challenge, and to stage it is brave; directors from Konstantin Stanislavsky to Peter Brook have grappled with it. So, the Western Australian…
Romeo and Juliet: REVIEW
This review comes with a disclaimer: that is, any play over 3 hours in length and performed fully in Shakespearian language. Don’t get me wrong, the play was excellent, it…
#BREAKING UWA TAV TO BECOME A SMOKE FRIENDLY VENUE AFTER THE REVEAL OF STRANGE LOOKING PIPES TO BE “COMING SOON”
Today, the UWA Tavern has inadvertently revealed it’s changing to a smoke friendly venue following the reveal that new “pipes” will be arriving on all tables soon. The “pipe” is…
Peter Pan Goes Wrong: Review
Every so often, something will go wrong in a stage show or musical, like a piece of costume falls off, or the audio effects aren’t entirely synched up properly. Peter…
Captain Marvel REVIEW
Captain Marvel delivers a solid origin story while being a somewhat unconventional, unfolding narrative for a MCU chapter. After over 20 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we finally get…
If you self-identify as a lobster, I believe I’m entitled to eat you
One day, a friend of mine sent me a video of one of Jordan Peterson’s interviews. I didn’t watch that interview fully. I realised I’d heard his reference to ‘lobsters’…
What’s in the Pod #13: Cold Pursuit, Green Book, Batfleck no more…
This week the boys do a review summary of January and February hits, including Glass, The Mule, Cold Pursuit, Arctic and the now Academy Award Best Picture winner Green Book!…
Interview with Carly Lane and Emilia Galatis, Co-Curators of Desert River Sea: Portraits of the Kimberly
Desert River Sea: Portraits of the Kimberly is an exhibition currently on display at the Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA), purposed with showcasing contemporary Indigenous artwork from the Kimberly…
The Cat and the Pelican: Cat Power Live at Perth Festival
Cat Power’s performance at Chevron Gardens for The Perth Festival on the 14th of February, was a mellow yet thoroughgoing experience. The atmosphere of the smoky, dark stage set the…
Vox Lux (REVIEW)
Vox Lux, dir. Brady Corbet, starring Natalie Portman, Jude Law and Raffey Cassidy A perplexing film to say the least. Vox Lux tells the story of Celeste (Natalie Portman), a…