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★★★★½

This feast for the eyes is one of the best dance works you’ll see this year

Our reviewers give their verdict on the latest shows around town,including Chicago and gigs from Pond,Bangarra Dance Theatre. Opera Australia and 5 Seconds of Summer’s Luke Hemmings.

June 14,2024
byJohn Shand,James Jennings,Millie Muroi,Chantal Nguyen andPeter McCallum

Can this TV spy remake beat Michael Caine at his own game?

The dark arts of the spy trade are far more threatening in this new take on Harry Palmer and the Cold War thriller The Ipcress File.

August 3,2022
byStephanie Bunbury

★½

Even Michael Caine can’t save ‘totally ridiculous’ update of Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist has been turned into an “extreme graffiti artist” in this modern-day take on Dickens’ classic novel.

April 22,2021
byJake Wilson

‘You won’t find anyone bigger’:Michael Caine and Elton John in viral ad for vaccine

Two of Britain’s most famous performers have joined forces to lampoon themselves in a comic advert encouraging the public to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

February 11,2021
byMichael Holden

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Staring down the barrel of a landmark judgment on its workers'status,Uber folds

The ridesharing and delivery giant's arguments that it was not the legal employer of its workers were met with derision by Federal Court judges. It settled shortly after the hearing,avoiding the potential cost of paying a minimum wage.