David Hare is not shy about expressing his discontent with modern politics in the most emphatic manner. Stuff Happens was a blistering attack on the Iraq war and Gethsemane comes from a similar place. While it is somewhat less potent, Gethsemane will perhaps last longer than Stuff Happens because it asks broader questions about loyalty, powerbroking and manipulation.

My World Tour, brought to you by Universal Music Australia, is offering two extraordinarily lucky people the chance to win just that. The search for two talented music reporters to travel the world for free and experience the crème de la crème of music festivals is on.

In the past few years, Op Shopping has risen to popularity like an underrated ugly girl who blossoms late and wins our hearts. These days, it’s almost impossible to ask the trend-bots where they got their latest amazing outfit from without receiving a smug reply of “oh, just this op-shop I know…”

This is a play about sex, sex, drugs, sex and people being bad in such a good way. Patrick Marber is definitely one of Britain’s best active playwrights, his scripts are hilarious, serious, witty, tender and satirical. In his latest script, Don Juan in Soho, he turns his attention to the individualistic nature of our society. He exposes the fundamental flaws in a world that encourages instant gratification, instant notoriety and a disregard for the consequences. Without ever lecturing the audience, Marber forces us to question our involvement and complicity in this world.

Undeniably the kings of alternative rock, Devonshire trio Muse return with their most ambitious effort to date, dabbling with orchestral, pop and even rhythm and blues influences. The fifth studio album is a place where the likes of Chopin, Freddie Mercury, and Goldfrapp all peacefully coexist.

During the course of one day and night, seven children wander the streets in an urban odyssey. But not all of them will find their way home. Dawn breaks, and it’s the same day but now we experience the viewpoint of the five mothers. Over the course of their respective journeys we understand that they are as lost and defenceless as the children they care for. BLESSED is a film about mothers and children, about love and beauty, about being lost and finding your way home.