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

Danielle O'Donohue, Journalist

Reviews / Arts
On View: Live Portraits
"Despite their differing styles and quite distinct roles in the performance, the dancers meld together well."
Reviews / Arts
Mother Courage And Her Children
"The play follows a saleswoman through the years of World War II as she plies her wares, making a profit from both sides of the conflict."
Reviews / Arts
Battle Of Waterloo
"The obvious camaraderie amongst the cast bleeds through Coolwell’s prose as conversations happen over cups of tea."
Reviews / Film & TV
Ruben Guthrie
"Adapted from Brendan Cowell's play and directed about a young Sydney partier’s attempt to give up drinking for a year, this film rarely gets under the skin of any of its characters."
Features / Film & TV
Simon Stone
How Odessa Young Transformed Herself Into 'The Daughter'
"It's A Leap Of Faith And You Just Have To Take It."
Features / Film & TV
"People Who See This Film Want To Get Smashed Straight After It"
Brendan Cowell Talks Advertising, Drink Porn And Model Girlfriends
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Against Me!, Joyce Manor, Mere Women
"Singing through a blanket of hair, Grace revelled in not only the audience’s appreciation, but also the camaraderie and passion of her band mates."
Reviews / Arts
The Wizard of Oz
"This work hallmarks enough recognisable elements from the classic version to have resonance, but often twists these moments into something dark and unsettling"
Reviews / Arts
Puddles Pity Party
No one is safe from Puddles.
Reviews / Arts
Quintett + Frame Of Mind
"The dancers drifted around the space, never quite making that illusive connection."
Reviews / Arts
Felicity Ward: The Iceberg
"Both shocking and dazzling."
Reviews / Arts
Kill The Messenger
"It’s a play that is supposed to make audiences uncomfortable."