Plays for next year
Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre
The theatre has notified this publication of the 2025 season.
Opening with Moon Over buffalo Season: February 13 – March 1.
Haunted Season: April...
Small business
When small businesses thrive, our community thrives.
Whether it’s a sign hanging on the fence of a local sporting ground or sponsoring our local events...
The smells of summer
Officially summer is here and though the days can vary from bursts of heat back to ‘grabbing a cardy kind of day’, it’s beginning...
Double horror catch-up
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person and The First Omen
M, MA15+
4.25/5, 4.5/5
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person is a touching, intimate French Canadian horror...
A life led astray
Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise, written by Taiwanese author Lin Yi-Han and translated by Jenna Tang, is an intense and uncomfortable read.
The story is...
A green mark of quality
Wicked
Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Michelle Yeoh
Rated PG
3.75/5
Directed by Jon Chu and based on the hit stage musical of the same name, Wicked...
New Mayor of Yarra Ranges Council
On Tuesday 19 November, I was honoured to be elected as Mayor, alongside returning Chirnside Park Ward Councillor Richard Higgins as my Deputy.
This is...
CARTOON: Illegal tobacco war
The Victorian Government announced the Tobacco Amendment (Tobacco Retailer and Wholesaler Licensing Scheme) Bill 2024 to ramp up the regulation of the illicit tobacco...
The better Ridley Scott sequel
Gladiator II
Starring Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington and Pedro Pascal
M
4/5
Directed by Ridley Scott, Gladiator II is an excellent sequel to Scott's 2000 historical action epic.
After...
What to do if you find a litter of tiny kittens
It’s that time of year again – kitten season!
Tiny kittens are beginning to arrive at Animal Aid, and many might be found out...
Looking back at Warm Winter Read
Now that summer is almost here, some of us may be reminiscing about the cool winter days, the warm doona and hot cuppa, and...
Woo returns to the well
The Killer
Starring Nathalie Emmanuel, Omar Sy and Sam Worthington
MA15+
4/5
Directed by Hong Kong action legend John Woo (and a remake of Woo's 1989 film of...
Latest
Major cannabis seizure and two arrests
Croydon's Divisional Response Unit joined Major Drug Squad detectives and the VIPER Taskforce to arrest two men as part of their investigation into the...
