News & Commentary, Screen, TV Breakfast TV wars: Lisa Wilkinson quits Today in major loss for Nine Ben Neutze It’s the shock announcement few in the media saw coming: after more than a decade behind the desk, Lisa Wilkinson has …
News & Commentary, Screen, TV ABC’s Screen Time: can new culture criticism show step out of David and Margaret’s shadow? Ben Neutze Two widely loved and respected giants cast a long shadow over screen criticism on Australian TV: David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz. …
Musicals, Reviews, Stage Miracle City review (Sydney Opera House, The Studio) Ben Neutze Miracle City has taken a long road to its own promised land: the Sydney Opera House. The Australian musical, penned by composer …
News & Commentary, Screen, TV Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation to return as Nine reveals 2018 slate Ben Neutze It’s not a great week for the beleaguered Ten Network: first its much-hyped remake of Wake in Fright debuted to disappointing ratings, …
Reviews, Stage, Theatre Buyer and Cellar review (Ensemble Theatre, Sydney) Ben Neutze American writer Jonathan Tolins’ hit 2013 one-man play Buyer and Cellar stands as proof that truth is far stranger than fiction. The …
Reviews, Screen, TV Wake in Fright: Ten revives a cult classic, ad breaks and all Ben Neutze For many years, Ted Kotcheff’s 1971 psychological thriller Wake in Fright was considered Australia’s great “lost” film. The movie, based on Kenneth …
Dance, Live, Music, News & Commentary, Stage, Visual Arts Yothu Yindi reforms for 25th anniversary of Treaty at Sydney Opera House’s Homeground Ben Neutze In 1991, Australian band Yothu Yindi had an unexpected dancefloor hit with Treaty, a song responding to then Prime Minister Bob Hawke’s …
Reviews, Screen, TV Will & Grace crash Trump’s White House in return episode to ‘Make America Gay Again’ Ben Neutze The return of late ’90s sitcom Will & Grace, after 11 years off the air, has proven a huge ratings hit in …
Reviews, Stage, Theatre Puntila/Matti review (Kings Cross Theatre, Sydney) Ben Neutze I don’t envy anybody working at Kings Cross Theatre having to find a way to market Puntila/Matti to a Sydney audience. Describing …
Music, News & Commentary Abbott goes to war over SSM pop music, and triggers his first #1 hit Ben Neutze The battlefield for the latest embarrassing war over same-sex marriage was declared earlier this week: American pop and rap music. …