“It’s nicoise. It’s noir by the sea,” actor Kate Box quipped, immediately evoking both uproarious laughter and admonishment for not coining the term sooner. Noir-by-the-sea is a comical nutshelling of Deadloch, the new murder-mystery-comedy from Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney, the creative duo also known as The Kates, renowned forContinue Reading

There’s an image of Tasmania that’s been cultivated through years and years of clever tourism marketing. Mainlanders considering a Tassie sojourn conjure up pictures of bucolic walks through quaint towns, shucking oysters in Coles Bay, the sun dappling through towering trees. Maybe even some provocative art in MOMA. Unless it’sContinue Reading