See & Do
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- Review
Andor isn’t just a great show, it makes the whole of Star Wars better
Starring Diego Luna, the second and final season of the Star Wars series is utterly satisfying, whether you’re a fan or not.
- Karl Quinn
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Spectacular adults-only cabaret comes with an air of debauchery and much celebration
Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett combines circus, sideshow, bizarre burlesque and song to help you shake off the world’s woes.
- Cameron Woodhead, Andrew McClelland and Tony Way
Is trauma the only story we know how to tell? Diana Reid thinks twice
In her new novel, the Australian author takes aim at our cultural obsession with trauma.
- Melanie Kembrey
The best heckles, riskiest jokes and strangest moments from this year’s comedy festival
After a month packed with shows, our reviewers have come together to pick out the best (and most memorable) moments from this year’s comedy festival.
- Donna Demaio, Guy Webster, Hannah Francis, Lefa Singleton Norton, Mikey Cahill, Sonia Nair, Tyson Wray and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
- ★★★
- Review
Iraq war film feels like the real thing … until it doesn’t
Directors Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza base Warfare on an incident that involved a Navy SEAL platoon in 2006.
- Jake Wilson
- ★★★★
- Review
Richard Roxburgh’s nervy intensity works in a film about despair in an Egyptian prison
The Rake star plays jailed journalist Peter Greste in The Correspondent.
- Sandra Hall
The good, the weird and the unmissable from this festival’s final week
From absurdist scribbling in a notebook to a show that digs into the dark recesses of the internet, and ChatGPT acting as matchmaker, here are our latest reviews.
- Cher Tan, Donna Demaio, Hannah Francis, John Bailey, Lefa Singleton Norton, Sonia Nair, Tyson Wray, Vyshnavee Wijekumar and Nell Geraets
From a gothic ghost story to a titillating memoir: eight new books
Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases
- Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
What made Mahalia Barnes say yes to Jesus Christ Superstar
Barnes has been surrounded by music her whole life, but it took a very particular set of circumstances for her to take on her first musical.
- Elizabeth Flux
The former Age critic who helped the MSO bring music to the people
Largely unknown outside academic circles, Fritz Hart was a seminal figure in Melbourne music.
- Barney Zwartz
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