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

Maxim Boon, Journalist

Features / Arts
The Must-See Events At The 2017 Sydney Fringe Festival
Celebrate the weird and wonderful wares of some of the most original and resourceful artists in the country
Features / Arts
Red Stitch's Latest Play Explores A Dystopian Vision Of Australia's Future
"We have to survive in this world and in its future. And we will."
Reviews / Arts
Symphony In C (The Australian Ballet)
"Australian Ballet's director David McAllister would be wise to give Topp a more substantial commissioning as a matter of urgency."
Features / Arts
Writer And Theatre-Maker Inua Ellams Finds Poetry In The Immigrant Experience
"Poetry saved my life. It is the cheapest way to be free."
Features / Arts
Check Your Privilege: Marriage Equality Is About The Liberty Of All Australians
Freedom of speech should never equate to freedom of persecution
Reviews / Arts
Looking Glass (New Working Group)
"Well-acted and stylish theatre that ultimately fails to find psychological insight."
Features / Arts
Dorks Do Sports
News / Arts
Body Mods, Secret Addictions, Filthy Fan Fic & More: We Explore The Urban Underground
"Stay intrigued and intriguing Australia, you wild, weird, and downright fucking wonderful place."
Features / Arts
Drowning Not Waving: Australia's Secret Addiction Epidemic
Australia is gripped by a secret epidemic of high-functioning addiction, with millions estimated to be suffering some form of habit across the country.
Features / Arts
More Than Skin Deep: The Melbourne Artists Making Tattooing Part Of The Queer Identity
"It's also a visible symbol to the world that you are who you are and you don't give a fuck."
Reviews / Arts
Merciless Gods (Little Ones Theatre)
"A hard-won, supremely accomplished equilibrium between the beautiful and the barbaric."
Features / Arts
Stephen Nicolazzo Takes Tsiolkas' 'Merciless Gods' From The Page To The Stage
"Then my partner said, 'You should really work with him.' I laughed and said, 'There's no fucking way that's ever going to happen.'"