Are you a cat person? I am so, the invitation to see this advanced screening of Cat Person, was easy to accept. Other than the appealing title this genre-bending movie is not so much about cats, but dating in the 21st century. […]
One of the most appealing attractions of the American style action movie Bring Him To Me, its production is local. It was made independently, a labour of love, blood and sweat. Written, directed, produced by Luke Spake and filmed around the City […]
It was such a delight to receive Opera Queensland’s (OQ) 2024 Season Launch invitation. Linda Apelt, Chair and Patrick Nolan, CEO & Artistic Director have promised another wonderful line-up for next year with ambitious programming and fresh approaches to what opera can […]
As Brisbane prepares for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Opera Queensland announces a 2024 Season that throws down the gauntlet for ambitious programming and fresh approaches to what opera can be. Their three major productions in Brisbane show the breadth of vision […]
The annual Wynnum Fringe Festival 2023 is almost here and promises to be another spectacular event as national and local stars head to Brisbane’s popular bayside. There is a lot to love as well- known artists take over Wynnum from November 15 […]
Our pre-concert talk. by Dr Anne Levitsky, lecturer at The University of Queensland’s School of Music was a perfect introduction to what became a wonderful and emotional musical journey with Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s (QSO)-Heartland Classics. Following our informative insight into the stories […]
The Cost is an intense, provoking Australian movie that pricks your conscience as two vigilante men plan the ultimate revenge for their wife/sister’s gruesome death. The perpetrator had been released from prison living a diffident life, believing he had served his time. […]
The most recent heartwarming performance by Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO): Guy Nobles Great Tunes at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC)was particularly special. Farewell to Guy Noble Not only was it the fifth and final Music on Sundays for 2023, but for Guy […]
A modern American romantic drama, Past Lives is a lovely tender and heartwarming story as two childhood friends reunite. Past Lives is also about lost opportunities to the point I was silently saying……just say what you feel. Yet driven by culture and […]
Born before his time, above anything else, my father Keith William Dunham was a gentleman. He was caring, intelligent, clever, artistic and a futurist. From the old school he wore a shirt, tie, trousers and lace up leather shoes to go to […]
Godland the movie is a stunning historical drama that is insightful, mystifying, depressing yet enlightening with its humourous moments. It was merciless and real given the story, timeline and remote location. A lonely place, the people suspicious and wary of this not-so-friendly […]
Opening night of Opera Queensland’s (OP) comic two act opera, Cosi fan tutte (translated in English means women are like that), was an absolute success. Patrons arrived in Italian Chic dress, sipped on Prosecco in readiness for an evening of entertainment. First […]
Last night I embarked on a terrifying journey with Dracula, and I survived. So much so I have a feeling there could be a sequel. DRACULA: Voyage of the Demeter was different to what I expected yet captured my attention. When I […]
There was quite a bit of reminiscing as my friend and I watched the advanced screening of The Miracle Club this week. Set in 1967 and filmed around picturesque Ireland, we would have been in our late teens back then. We had […]
Producers of Bad Neighbours and the co-screenwriter of Crazy Rich Asians have brought another hilarious and unapologetically explicit story of identity and self-discovery to the screen, with Joy Ride. Also known for their work in The Boys TV series, Joy Ride could […]
Feel like some thrills and spills? Released this year, The Black Demon fiction horror film is for you. A family is stranded on an old oil rig in the small town of Baja, on a peninsula in north-western Mexico, unaware that for […]
Bank of Dave, another lovely movie based on real events and a true(ish) story. This remarkable development of Burnley (UK) resident, Dave Fishwick was first shared with the world as a documentary in 2012. A decade late this tale remains resonant as […]
It has been years since I attended a live production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most iconic show CATS based on the Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by author T.S. Eliot, so I jumped at the opportunity to see it live last […]
Mother & Daughter as children (L: Marie Metcalf nee Dunham my mother R: Ruth Greening nee Dunham) On every Mother’s Day I say to myself “Happy Mother’s Day Mum, I miss you”. For many of us, our mothers and grand mothers are […]
Opera Queensland (OQ) has begun its 2023 season with a dramatic launch of Verdi’s retelling of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. It is one of the most powerful performances I have ever seen. Their vision of growing a community connected by the transformative power of […]
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