by Dave Bradley | Apr 4, 2017 | DVDs, Reviews
Shock, 94 Mins Writer/director John Waters (not the Aussie actor!!!) was well on his way from legendary gutter-auteur status with gross-out anti-classics like Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble under his belt to Bad-Taste Living Treasure (a sort of campier Baltimorese...
by Dave Bradley | Apr 4, 2017 | Books, Reviews
Edited by Jim Al-Khalili (Profile) 2016, 232pp, RRP $19.99 Al-Khalili (OBE), a theoretical physicist, author, broadcaster and know-all, and 20 or so of his most formidably brainy friends and colleagues here ponder some of the biggest and most frustrating questions in...
by Dave Bradley | Apr 4, 2017 | Book, Books, Reviews
J.P. Delany (Hachette Australia) 2017, 407pp, RRP $32.99 This enjoyable page-turner from Delany (a pseudonym for a fiction writer and adman who needn’t be ashamed) has a coolly tricky structure, a few sweet twists and a lightly perverse edge, even though there are...
by Dave Bradley | Apr 4, 2017 | DVDs, Reviews
Shock, 99 Mins Also known as Hissssss, Ssssnake and other slithery titles, this Cinema Cult release of the drive-in favourite from 1973 should please classic Monster Movie completists, especially those interested in the career of make-up legend John Chambers, who was...
by Adrian Miller | Apr 1, 2017 | Comedy, Reviews, Theatre
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Wed 29 Mar. This is not a play that eventually goes slightly off the rails. Everything goes comically wrong pretty much from the outset and continues to do so as the evening unfolds. In fact it pays to be a little early to watch stage...
by Adelaide Fringe Contributor | Mar 19, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Dance, Reviews
Belly Dance Academy of Nayima Hassan, Sat 18 Mar. This is the place to be for fun and fitness – AND the chance to appear in your very first Flashmob! Yes, come and spend a couple of hours learning some easy moves in the gracious art of Belly Dance, then opt in if you...