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Mahmood Fazal is a Walkley-award winning writer and filmmaker.

Awkward and cringy – Post Malone performs at Melbourne Showgrounds

Awkward and cringy – Post Malone performs at Melbourne Showgrounds

At Post Malone’s Melbourne gig the music feels like indie pop’s answer to hip-hop – and is topped off by a half-hearted shoey.

  • by Mahmood Fazal

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Elvis is king in this rock-n-roll fever dream of a jukebox musical

Elvis is king in this rock-n-roll fever dream of a jukebox musical

This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes Dilijit Dosanjh, Elvis: A Musical Revolution, Mamma Mia! The Musical, Mozart and Beethoven concertos, a five-star performance by Weezer, Bell Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, and more.

  • by Kate Herbert, Kate Jones, Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way and Mahmood Fazal
What would you do if you found the last thylacine? First, build a boat ...

What would you do if you found the last thylacine? First, build a boat ...

This wrap of Rising festival shows includes Hide the Dog, Identity, The Dan Daw Show, Buŋgul, THIS, Ethel Cain, Thundercat, Weyes Blood, Tanz, and Tracker.

  • by Cameron Woodhead, Andrew Fuhrmann, Mahmood Fazal, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen and Rebecca Harkins-Cross
What happened when I took on the Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA at speed chess

What happened when I took on the Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA at speed chess

A writer takes on one of his music idols in a game filled with tough moves and life lessons. GZA, one of hip-hop’s lyrical masters, doesn’t disappoint.

  • by Mahmood Fazal
The play that asks: what happens when love, politics and racism collide?
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The play that asks: what happens when love, politics and racism collide?

This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes I Wanna Be Yours, Wu-Tang Clan & Nas, The Necks, Loaded at Malthouse, Satyagraha in Concert, and Cavalcade.

  • by Sonia Nair, Jessica Nicholas, Cher Tan, Barney Zwartz, Cameron Woodhead and Mahmood Fazal
Vampires meet a Neck in this hypnotic and mystery-tinged gig
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Vampires meet a Neck in this hypnotic and mystery-tinged gig

This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes The Vampires and Chris Abrahams, a recital by Pinchgut Opera, a performance by Beck, and a sold out show by Black Midi.

  • by Jessica Nicholas, Tony Way, Michael Dwyer and Mahmood Fazal
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He couldn’t get a job in Australia. Now he acts with Momoa and Jackman

He couldn’t get a job in Australia. Now he acts with Momoa and Jackman

Mojean Aria has starred in feature films alongside Hollywood stars. Yet in Australia, where he hails from, he’s almost unknown.

  • by Mahmood Fazal
‘This is my story’: Sydney’s controversial rappers defend their music

‘This is my story’: Sydney’s controversial rappers defend their music

Despite earning millions of streams on YouTube and Spotify, western Sydney hip-hop has been riddled with controversy and struggled to find mainstream acceptance at home.

  • by Mahmood Fazal

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