Maxim Boon, Journalist

The emotional riches of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood will be on full display at the National Gallery Of Australia's summer blockbuster, 'Love & Desire: Pre-Raphaelite Masterpieces From The Tate'. The NGA's director Nick Mitzevich tells Maxim Boon why this is the most significant exploration of this movement ever staged Down Under.

Maxim Boon meets the Andrew Fitzgerald, the man behind one of the best brands on the market, Melbourne Moonshine.

This year's Sydney Festival is a celebration of the city, the place we all call home. But it's also offering a chance to reflect on the meaning of belonging, the things that drive us apart and those that bring us back together. Maxim Boon speaks to Festival Director Wesley Enoch and several of 2019's featured artists about building their stories on strong foundations.

It's been 11 years since the final novel in the JK Rowling's bestselling saga was published, but global demand for all things 'Harry Potter' shows little sign of slowing. Potter fans can now discover a new adventure, not on the page but on the stage, in 'Harry Potter And The Cursed Child'. The show's Scenic Supervisor Brett Banakis tells Maxim Boon how the wizarding world was conjured for the theatre.

Tasmania's annual summer celebration of contemporary art and performance, Mona Foma, is marking its tenth year with a change of scenery. The festival's curator, Brian Ritchie, tells Maxim Boon why this new beginning has given him a case of deja vu.

Let’s face it – it’s been another muvva-fudger of a year, with enough human misery and ecological horror to send even the most optimistic of us into an existential tailspin. But before you smash a handful of Valium and head for the bunker, take heart, dear reader: 2018 wasn’t all bad. Here are a few uplifting reasons why it was a glass-half-full kinda year.

Hmmm, we watched a lot of tv this year...

RuPaul's Drag Race royalty, Sasha Velour and Shangela Laquifa Wadley, are headed to Australia in the next couple of months with two brand new solo extravaganzas. Maxim Boon met the pair to talk world fame, "ruveals", and being a professional. Halleloo!

Legendary documentary maker Louis Theroux has gone toe to toe with sex offenders, murderers and drug addicts over the course of his 20-year career. But a "sensual eating workshop" might well be his most uncomfortable experience to date. He tells Maxim Boon about exploring the romantic trend of polyamory in his latest film, 'Love Without Limits'.

Maxim Boon catches up with the American comedian, actor and writer ahead of her upcoming appearance at Just For Laughs Sydney.

Otto and Astrid Rot, the art-rock iconoclasts behind Die Roten Punkte, have come a long way since their tragic childhood, orphaned by a train (or was it a Lion?) Maxim Boon meets the pair as they prepare to share their explosive life story, with a little help from Circus Oz, in new show: 'Rock Bang'.

Review: A Quiet Evening Of Dance (William Forsythe)