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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.
Reviews / Arts
The Merchant Of Venice (Bell Shakespeare)
"A stunningly assured staging, conjuring beautiful lyricism and stark, crushing cruelty in equal measure."
Features / Arts
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?
Reviews / Arts
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."
Reviews / Arts
(re)PURPOSE: the MVMNT (Natalie Abbott)
"A sparring match with the fraught relationship between reverence and worth."
Reviews / Arts
Vigil (Steve Vizard, Joe Chindamo)
"Vigil tells a story that cannot fail to resonate, no matter where you're from or who you are."
News / Music
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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