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

Maxim Boon, Journalist

Features / Arts
Viva Brewsvegas: The Best From The Fest
Features / Arts
Why Director Kim Farrant Is Swapping The Big Screen For The Small Stage
"The challenge for me is wrestling what I call the 'slimy pig' of this two and half hour show."
Features / Arts
Hannah Gadsby On Quitting Comedy, Her Identity Crisis And Finding Inner Peace
"People don't want to pay to hear me talking about how I've found inner peace. They'd just tell me to fuck off."
Reviews / Arts
Dancing With Death (Pichet Klunchun Dance Company, Asia TOPA)
"Death is a rave, so let the music play and join the dance."
Features / Music
Benjamin Northey On How 'Jurassic Park' Can Stop Classical Going The Way Of The Dinosaur
"I have no doubt that film music will endure in the concert hall in the future, because it's part of an obvious evolution."
Features / Film & TV
Jasper Jones Author Craig Silvey On Bringing His Modern Australian Classic To The Screen
"Cinema is just so moving. It draws you in and hypnotises you."
Features / Arts
Shhhhh... It's A Secret Menu
Reviews / Arts
A O Lang Pho (Nouveau Cirque du Vietnam)
"A charming and winningly charismatic production with a hell of a lot of heart."
Reviews / Arts
The Homosexuals, Or 'Faggots'
The 'Homosexuals, Or 'Faggots'' feels just too polite in our current no holds barred world to raise any eyebrows.
Reviews / Arts
Betroffenheit (Kidd Pivot and Electric Company Theatre)
"Every moment is razor-edged, precisely judged, essential and sincerely distilled into its most refined and urgent form."
Features / Arts
The Chain Restaurants You'll Be Proud To Eat At
Gourmet success stories are expanding into nationwide empires. We take a look at a few of the best.
Features / Arts
In 'The Play That Goes Wrong' Director Sean Turn Finds The Funny In Failing
"To be honest, you get to week four of rehearsals and most of us have forgotten that it's funny."
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