Return Of The Tea Lady: Column piece
Those of you privileged enough to have grown up with a school dinner lady, may recall suppers doled out with all the gusto of a bored prison guard. I missed…
Browsing: Ponder
Movie Review: Camino Skies
Having spent three days on a wellness retreat I arrived at the screening of Camino Skies in an appropriately meditative head space. The danger was being so zen would I fall…
Plastic Defence: Column piece
This month marks Plastic Free July and I for one am left with a slightly uneasy feeling about the timing of this campaign. An innocent coincidence? Maybe. Or used in…
Review Perth Writers Week 2018
Please note this review is for 2018 not 2019. For some reason it’s appears to have dropped off. I’m adding it back in as, during the recent Writing WA Forum…
Review: Tim Ferguson A Fast Life On Wheels
There are many reasons why people will go see the new show A Fast Life On Wheels, by Tim Ferguson. For some it’s nostalgia for the Doug Anthony All Stars, others may…
Seven Rules For Beard Owners
Lately a strange facial hair dichotomy has been occupying my thoughts, perhaps some of you have been inflicted with similar distractions.
Movie Review: POMS
Recent months have seen a spate of Full Monty style triumph over adversity friendship movies. POMS follows a similar path, albeit this time with senior cheer leaders. When I first…
Movie Review: All Is True
Let’s be honest I know very little about Shakespeare, aside from watching Othello at Donmar Warehouse Theatre in London, and even then that was more to do with Ewan McGregor…
Fringe World Festival 2019: Improv All Stars Up Late Night
Improv nights can be tricky. Aside from being highly dependent on the talent on stage, it’s imperative that the audience arrives openminded and primed to laugh. Thankfully both were in…
Fringe World 2019: Review of Laser Kiwi
Weeks ago when I was looking at the Fringe World program, Laser Kiwi was one of the first shows that went into my ‘check it out’ box. While I knew…
Fringe World 2019: Stand Up Comedy
I was lucky enough to the invited to a few Fringe World Festival events, first up two stand-up comedy shows. The first night of a festival can always be hard…
Fringe World Festival 2019: Media Preview
My Fringe World experience kicked off with the media preview in the stunning De Parel Spiegeltent, located at The Woodside Pleasure Garden in Northbridge. There Festival Director Amber Hasler introduced…
Fringe Festival 2019: Top Ten Tips
Perhaps like me you started reviewing the Fringe Festival program and gave up after being overwhelmed by the choice. Don’t panic! Somehow I persevered and can now let you know…
2018 The Year Of Second Thoughts: Year in Review
As I sit staring at this blank page considering the year that was, the overriding feeling that lingers is … 2018 was The Year of Second Thoughts.
Review of TEDxPerth 2018: The Age of Wonder
At the beginning of every year there are a few events that I cement in my diary straight away. TEDxPerth is one of them. A day hearing stimulating ideas and…
Movie Review: BackTrack Boys
BackTrack Boys is a heart-warming documentary that ponders an alternative to incarceration for troubled kids. Set in Armidale, NSW it shows how kids can start to turn their lives around with…
Movie Review: Three Identical Strangers
Imagine being 19 years of age, arriving at university for the first time and having everyone welcome you like a long lost friend. Imagine finding out there’s not one but…
Movie Review: American Animals is a must see movie
It’s not often a movie offers up a new way of telling a story, American Animals provides a totally refreshing and rewarding angle to the classic heist movie. It also…
