Opinion
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Looking back
On the banks of Lillydale Lake stands crumbling ruins of two stone walls, which are the sole remains of another essential building that once existed…
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Exciting entertainment
Burrinja Theatre Helios – Wright and Grainger Internationally award winning modern re-telling of an ancient myth. A lad lives half way up an historic hill.…
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Excellent YA historical fiction
During the Second World War, the U.S. Army took over Arlington Hall, in Virginia, to house its code-breaking effort. The building used to be a…
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Global phenomenon musical SIX is landing in Melbourne
SIX Melbourne’s Comedy theatre Six the Musical, the global phenomenon which has taken the world by storm will open in Melbourne on 2 August. Rehearsals…
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Not About The Spider
Longlegs Starring Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage Rated MA15+ 4.5/5 Longlegs is a supremely suspenseful horror-thriller written and directed by Osgood Perkins (son of Psycho…
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Photography rules
“Today everything exists to end in a photograph,” Susan Sontag wrote in her 1977 book, On Photography. Now this observation resonates more strongly than ever,…
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A dark fairytale for teens
A review of Deep is the Fen by Lili Wilkinson Deep is the Fen, by Australian author Lili Wilkinson, shares the same setting as her…
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The projects and people making a difference
The Boronia Breakfast program has been running since 2021 and has provided countless hot meals to locals who need it most since then. It’s more…
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Melbourne Rare Book Week
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Melbourne Rare Book Week, which will start on 18 July and culminate with the Melbourne Rare Book…
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Three different plays
Burrinja Theatre Rachmaniov’s Symphonic Dances – Inventi Ensemble Three simple notes open the famous symphonic Dances by Rachmaninov which then evolves into an unique work…
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The basic necessity of food
Food is a basic need essential to our survival and wellbeing and as American psychologist Abraham Maslow proposed in 1943 in his pyramid of human…
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Three amazing shorts from Poor Things director
Kinds of Kindness Starring Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe and Emma Stone Rated MA15+ 4.25/5 The latest film from Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos, Kinds of…











