We’ve all been there: a rainy evening, a missing silver candlestick, and a heated family argument over whether Professor Plum was actually in the Library. Well, it’s time to dust off your magnifying glass and leave the board game box…
I’ve always believed that the best nights in Melbourne start with a bit of mystery and usually end with a glass of something sparkling, so when I heard that a slice of Paris had secretly taken up residence at Crown,…
There are shows that entertain you, and then there are experiences that transport you. Maho Magic Bar, Australia’s favourite neon-lit slice of Tokyo nightlife, is back in Melbourne, and its return is as dazzling as its illusions. This time Maho…
The original Zootopia was a brilliant, Trojan-horse of a film about a vibrant city where social satire and buddy-cop action were dressed up in fur and adorable snouts. It gave us the unforgettable duo of Judy Hopps, the relentlessly optimistic…
The Play That Goes Wrong opened to a standing ovation at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre. The British farce is an absolute romp. It’s presented under the guise of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society’s opening night of a classic murder mystery whodunnit,…
Some movies are born of a single, brilliant idea, and a film about a seemingly perfect marriage descending into all-out, scorched-earth war is one of them. For decades, the 1989 black comedy The War of the Roses has stood as…
For a generation of millennials (myself included), the 2003 film Freaky Friday was a cultural touchstone. Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis’s pitch-perfect performances as a bickering mother and daughter who magically swap bodies was built on a simple, relatable…
There’s a certain feeling that washes over Melbourne as August rolls around. The city’s trams, cinemas, and laneways start to buzz with a different kind of energy: the glorious, cinephile-fueled excitement of the Melbourne International Film Festival. As one of…
Broadway success stories often come with a weight of expectation, and few musicals have arrived with as much critical acclaim as Kimberly Akimbo. This utterly unique show, which swept the 2023 Tony Awards including Best Musical, has made its highly…
Drag queen fanfare and a rhinestone studded ensembles kicked off the opening night of Here You Come Again, the Dolly Parton musical comedy. Fresh from US and UK runs, co-writer Tricia Paoluccio stars as Dolly Parton. With Parton herself giving…