Fresh Finds: Class Of 2025 – Aussie Acts To Add To Your Playlist

Simon Eales, Journalist

Reviews / Arts
Savages
A cerebral and urgent dialogue play about base behaviour, with clear, incisive imagery and tight dramaturgy.
Features / Arts
Audience As Actor
“The story is dense, so you will essentially be creating your own story by the way you change the channel. That’s at your own discretion. No one will have experienced the same story by the end.”
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Stories I Want To Tell You In Person
There’s no set, save for a couple of chairs and a shimmery, gold backdrop, but the lighting, sound and direction hone sharp focus on a ‘meta’ string of tales which link up Kew, New York and Katz’s mind with the person that commands the stage.
Features / Arts
Twisting Fiction
Everyone, it seems, has something to say about whether Stone’s the devil, or one of llluminati.
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Dead Symphony
"The affect is bodily, meditative, an absurdly profound sense of calm. The audience’s stillness and focus is palpable. Soft glitches, reverbs and repetitions caress to rest any desire for a destination."
News / Film & TV
Keep a close eye on that golden hand there Nick Frost.
On The Red Carpet With Nick Frost And Simon Pegg
We talked to Nick Frost about Cornettos and Simon Pegg about his dog
Features / Arts
True Lies
“I guess the thing that you learn as a political comic is that you’re unlikely to have massive mainstream success."
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I Know There’s A Lot of Noise Outside But You Have to Close Your Eyes
The reason I’ll see it again, is in the complex of seemingly infantile jibberish that ITKY brings into the light.
Features / Arts
an exploration of disintegration
“Obviously in other parts of the world genocide and ethnic cleansing are still occurring. It is so easy to shut our eyes, but this kind of thing is still happening."
Features / Arts
Jacques Barratt
“If you want a comic who won’t fake the funk on a nasty dunk, all killer no filler, I’m your guy."
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Axis Of Awesome
“A kitten and a puppy are stranded hundreds of miles from home, and only Bruce Willis can help them get home by stopping Skynet.”
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Lawrence Leung: Lawrence Leung's Part-time Detective Agency
While there are a few lulling sections and some references are pretty cheesy, Lawrence Leung's Part-time Detective Agency is a light and clever romp that will no doubt slicken up nicely.