Maxim Boon, Journalist

Features / Arts

Melbourne Festival 2017: The Fifteen Must-See Shows

We've poured over 2017's offering to select the 15 shows you won't want to miss.

Features / Arts

Melbourne Festival Director Jonathan Holloway's 2017 Program Reveals The Big Picture

It can only exist in Melbourne and be brought into being by Melbourne.

The Merchant Of Venice (Bell Shakespeare)

"A stunningly assured staging, conjuring beautiful lyricism and stark, crushing cruelty in equal measure."

Features / Arts

Rhys Darby

Rhys Darby On His Out Of This World Stand-Up Tour, 'Mystic Time Bird'

"I want to be the first comedian in space."

Features / Arts

RIP MSN Messenger, Friends Reunited and Bebo (image: Ben Nicol)

Generation Why? Xennials And The Other Social Divides We Need To Ditch

Do we need more reasons to divide our society in a time where we're already more divided than ever?

Noises Off (MTC, Queensland Theatre)

"While this production is very good, it manages to fall just short of being truly great."

Reviews / Film & TV

Orange Is The New Black (Season 5)

"This is storytelling on an operatic scale, and could very well be the natural evolution of binge brand TV."

Features / Arts

Director Anne-Louise Sarks Takes On A Great Shakespearean Conundrum

"The main thing for me was establishing the great humanity of Shylock."

(re)PURPOSE: the MVMNT (Natalie Abbott)

"A sparring match with the fraught relationship between reverence and worth."

Vigil (Steve Vizard, Joe Chindamo)

"Vigil tells a story that cannot fail to resonate, no matter where you're from or who you are."

This Week On 'The Lashes': Heckers Techers And Cooked Computers

Maxim Boon and Sam Wall take a look at the utopias and dystopias of the world of technology.

Features / Arts

Addicted To Schadenfreude: Why The Love Of Hate Is A Dangerous Thing

Can something that feels so right actually be doing our society wrong?

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