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Good Beer Week Rides Again

After a two year hiatus, Good Beer Week returns with a curated festival celebrating good beer and good times. This year’s concise program champions indie brewers. (A cause near and dear to The Plus Ones’ hearts.) Here’s our top picks…

Polite Society

Writer and director Nida Manzoor’s feature film directorial debut ‘Polite Society’ follows aspiring stunt woman Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage to a devilishly handsome suitor. After enlisting the help of…

Sipping Beer in Style at Deeds Taproom

Is sipping beer at a local brewery one of life’s greatest pleasures? My plus one and I confirmed the answer is ‘yes’ on a recent visit to the Deeds Taproom. The moment I opened the door, I knew I was…

WOMADelaide Wows a Wealth of Fans

WOMADelaide opened its arms and gates to capacity this year, welcoming record crowds to The World’s Festival. There was a plethora of familiar festival favourites from the food stalls and flags to the friendly stalls and the festival goers themselves….

John Wick: Chapter 4

It’s hard to keep franchises fresh, and often around the second or third instalment you can see the writers and leads start to get a bit lethargic. Fighting against the sequel curse is John Wick: Chapter 4, which in our…

Shazam! Fury of the Gods

Billy Batson and his foster siblings are back in the sequel to the surprisingly excellent 2019 DC film. Taking off from where we left them, Billy and the kids who can transform into superheroes by saying “Shazam!”, are forced to get…

Lorde’s Solar Power Tour Lights Up Melbourne

It’s been a very, very long time coming but Kiwi powerhouse Lorde is bringing her global Solar Power tour to Australia, and it’s her first time back here in six years! My plus one and I were overjoyed to get…

Synthony No. 3: A celebration of Dance Music

Imagine having the biggest global dance tracks of all time performed by a full 60-piece orchestra alongside live vocalists with a mesmerising laser light show. If that sounds like paradise to you then you won’t want to miss Synthony. In…