Simon Eales, Journalist

Dangerous Liaisons makes us permit and laugh at more than we usually may.

"It’s got that X-factor that you love and everybody can relate to.”

A slightly stronger technical set-up on the main stage, better food options and playing up to ‘the art’ potential of Paradise’s brand (projections into these awesome trees, surely!?) should make next year a ripper. Pa

"People have already decided that they’re going to kill this guy. There’s not a lot of room for doubt."

"Before I knew it I was being prepped for surgery and there were all of these interns that looked like they were on Grey’s Anatomy shaving my pubic hair and telling me they were big fans, and I was, like, ‘You gotta be kidding me’…"

The comedian has high hopes for her Aussie tour

“We’ve got a lot to talk about. There’s Miley Cyrus and her rubber panties. There’s my 93-year-old alcoholic Mother, Maggie (people love the idea that my mother just comes to my house, gets drunk and criticizes everything on television)."

“I think music is this fantastic field of sex and death. Particularly pop music."

“It was an opportunity to get two kinds of artists that don’t always work together to create something together.”

The Confidence Man is an adorable, engaging and technically impressive piece.