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

Dave Drayton, Journalist

Features / Arts
Discussions Of Identity With A Mouthful Of Salad
"It's not necessarily a play about Islam, or a play about Jews, or a play about African Americans, or even a play about religion..."
Reviews / Arts
The Hanging
"Gives a dark new meaning to the idea of nature vs nurture."
Features / Arts
Why Jasper Jones Has "Buttloads Of Heart"
"It's our job to hold up a mirror and ask questions about how different we are."
Features / Arts
Why There Are Three One Of A Kind Alvin Sputniks
"Sam's Alvin is clownish but beautifully joyous, and Tim's has this beautiful wonderment at the world."
Features / Arts
Sorting Through The Skeletons In Cristina's Cupboard
"Cristina in many ways is fearful, but she's looking for something greater..."
Features / Arts
Why The Greatest Devils Are Just Human
"I think that [he's] fuelled by some deeper passion and emotional drive than just evil."
Features / Arts
Reaching A Deeper Understanding With Every Turn
"You got a lot of people playing people that they are not old enough to play really."
Features / Arts
Exploring New Perspectives And Real Discussion About Racial Identity
"As a woman of colour, every day is like an assault..."
Features / Arts
How To Deconstruct All Forms Of Privilege
"I've had to think about my privilege as an able-bodied person, as a person who is white, as someone whose first language is English..."
Features / Arts
On New Bubs And Shakespeare
"That's the shitty thing about returning, I can't get into the trousers."
Features / Arts
Daffodils
Why Rochelle Bright's Story Is "Quite A Heartbreaker"
"I think the love story connects universally."
Features / Arts
Visions Of A Broader Cultural Reflection In Australian Media
"If you ask any multicultural actor working in the States or Australia or New Zealand it's part and parcel..."
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