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

Maxim Boon, Journalist

Features / Arts
Single Asian Females Alex Lee And Courtney Stewart Have A Laugh At Casual Racism
"The racism that I've personally experienced isn't being screamed at you by someone on the tram, although that has happened to me before."
Features / Arts
The Little Emperors Of China's One-Child Policy Come To Melbourne's Malthouse
"We have soaked ourselves in this new media, new culture, and our minds have been altered forever."
Reviews / Arts
The Book Of Mormon
A lewd, crude and wonderfully rude masterpiece.
Reviews / Film & TV
Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events
"The second season of the 'Lemony Snicket' saga will need to do a lot of growing up."
Features / Film & TV
John Polson On Tropfest And The Short Film Empire's Big Comeback
"I really believed in my heart of hearts that that was it. We were cancelling permanently; Tropfest was dead."
Features / Music
Artist Benjamin Funnell Blasts Thundamentals Into Outer Space With Album Art
"There's such a close connection between the images and each track, it was a no-brainer to present them side by side."
Features / Arts
Ross Mueller's Office Comedy 'A Strategic Plan' Takes Aim At Admin Overload
"Art is the thing that survives. History tells us that's probably going to be true, no matter what the funding landscape is."
Reviews / Arts
The Encounter (Complicite)
"This is complex, multilayered theatre that is at once virtuosic and meditative."
Reviews / Arts
I Am My Own Wife (Oriel Group)
A story of powerfully consuming yet insular and secret fears: how our legacy ultimately survives us, for better or worse.
Features / Arts
Peak Art At Sugar Mountain
Meet the artists bringing this year's Sugar Mountain to life.
Features / Arts
Paul Capsis On Finally Tackling The Role He'd Given Up On: Cabaret's Emcee
"These days, if you're drinking a latte and reading a book, you're a fucking elite! Give me a break."
Features / Arts
Dean Bryant On How Washington's Present Mirrors Broadway's Past In 'Born Yesterday'
"Through this intellectual awakening, her boyfriend basically hands her the gun to shoot him."
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