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

Danielle O'Donohue, Journalist

Reviews / Arts
Anne Edmonds: That's Eddotainment!
"While her character work is delightful, her real knack is for the throwaway line, the subtle aside or the barely there eye-roll."
Reviews / Arts
Justin Hamilton: Hoot
"Right from the start of this show, it's clear the audience wants to hear more."
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The Detective's Handbook
"Zipping along on a wave of intricate rhymes and funny repartee, the actors really get to play with this work."
Features / Arts
Why Shane Koyczan Wants To Go Live & Unplugged
"I don't have anybody around to say 'you can't say that'. That's one of the beautiful things about writing and poetry."
Reviews / Arts
Frank Woodley: Extra Ordinary
"His deft touch gives topics that seem completely spur-of-the-moment a false spontaneity..."
Features / Arts
Katering To Their Audience
"I pretty much only eat things I can hold in one hand. A lot of muesli bars, bits of biscuit and wraps."
Features / Arts
Leaving Onstage Battles On Stage
"It's essentially a cage match between two people where one is oppressed by their gender and the other is oppressed by their class."
Features / Arts
Photo by Barbara Lowing
The Play Calling Nelle Tritton Home
"Too often, on both stage and screen, women are there only to support the male characters. They have no story lines or desires of their own."
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Fiddler On The Roof
"Anthony Warlow makes his leading turn as Tevye look easy."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: D'Angelo
"The audience [was] eating out of the palm of his hand, and the floor of the Concert Hall [was] a hot, writhing dance party."
Features / Arts
Why He's Embracing His Inner Carnie In 'Velvet'
"It's the only show in the cabaret world that has a thumping bass line."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Calexico, Augie March
"Calexico is a melting pot of arid guitars, warm Latin brass and sizzling hot stage presence."