Review
Olivia Rodrigo is at her complicated best on her heartbreaking new album
The pop star chronicles the dawn and demise of her first “big girl relationship” with devastating insight (and Robert Smith).
- Annabel Ross
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This show is already packed with wow factor. Then comes the Wheel of Death
Of all the Cirque du Soleil I’ve attended over the years, Kooza remains my favourite and the one I’d take kids to see.
- Cameron Woodhead, Sonia Nair, Elizabeth Flux and Tony Way
Fakemink, British rap’s next big thing, unravels in real time
The viral rapper’s anticipated new album is an unrelenting journey through the lonely depths of online fame.
- Robert Moran
- ★★★★½
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Audience comes close to ducking in virtuosic thriller based on Hitchcock classic
The Birds made for a chilling movie – and it has lost none of its power on stage. Plus, our critics look at performances by Split Enz, the ACO and the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.
- John Shand, Bernard Zuel and Peter McCallum
This lively adaptation of Pride and Prejudice is hard to resist
Full of brilliantly executed comic scenes, this production is an affectionate homage to Austen’s gift for social satire.
- Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way, Kosa Monteith, Rose Lu and Andrew Fuhrmann
Drake floods the zone, to mixed results, with an audacious three-album drop
After his public evisceration by Kendrick Lamar, the Canadian superstar returns with a bit of everything.
- Robert Moran
Peking Duk’s energetic party tunes solid but short of spectacular
Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles’ enthusiasm is infectious. But the swelling synths, flashing lights and banging bass got monotonous quickly.
- Millie Muroi, Daniel Herborn, Kate Prendergast, Peter McCallum, George Palathingal, Nadia Russell, Harriet Cunningham and John Shand
The Rolling Stones tease title and cover artwork of rumoured new album
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood have given the strongest hints yet that a new album from the veteran rock ‘n’ roll band is imminent.
- Karl Quinn
This album sounds like a jazz boat sailing across the Bay of Bengal
The Three Seas, featuring three Bengalis and two Australians, move from mystical to mythical on their new album.
- John Shand
The new Gorillaz album is about death – but they are not the first pop stars to tackle mortality
When Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s fathers died within days of each other, it put the pair on a path well-worn by legends such as David Bowie, Lou Reed and many others.
- Michael Dwyer