STUN Magazine

03/09/2026

The theatre company has announced that Oliver Levi-Malouf, aka Etcetera Etcetera, is the incoming director for its filmmaking program for LGBTIQA+ teens, Acting Out: On Screen.

There's a lot changing at Rebus this year. The Canberra theatre organisation is heading into a rebrand and Amy Orman, the iDrama and Programs Coordinator, tells Jo Falvey from STUN that the word she keeps coming back to is 'rebirth'. "I think we're in a time of rebirth for Rebus," Amy says. "There's...

24/08/2026

Berlin’s mid-year months are boom time for the city’s cultural and social life as locals and travellers alike soak up the high temperatures and late sunsets. The summer season did not disappoint this year, writes Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier.

Berlin’s mid-year months are boom time for the city’s cultural and social life as locals and travellers alike soak up the high temperatures and late sunsets. The summer season did not disappoint this year, writes Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier. Perhaps less flamboyantly capitalist – and with a l...

29/07/2026

A terror attack on Berlin’s Christopher Street Day (CSD) Parade has distressed many Berliners, stirring debate about the city’s security measures, writes Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier.

A terror attack on Berlin’s Christopher Street Day (CSD) Parade has distressed many Berliners, stirring debate about the city’s security measures, writes Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier. At around 10pm on Saturday 25 July, during Berlin’s CSD Pride celebrations, a 21-year-old man deliberately dro...

22/07/2026

Link in the comments

20/07/2026

For a while, it was starting to look dangerously like we were winning. Marriage equality was slowly being achieved across the world. Pride festivals grew into major celebrations. Rainbow flags were flown outside government buildings and community clubs. Now, in 2026, we’re once again fighting for the right to exist, writes Neha Madhok and Luke Robinson.

For a while, it was starting to look dangerously like we were winning. Marriage equality was slowly being achieved across the world. Pride festivals grew into major celebrations. Rainbow flags were flown outside government buildings and community clubs. Now, in 2026, we’re once again fighting for ...

15/07/2026

A Walk of Pride featuring 53 bronze tiles that honour LGBTQIA+ heroes from around the world has opened in the heart of Amsterdam

13/07/2026

Izzard's awe-inspiring Tragedy of Hamlet will be at the Canberra Theatre Centre from July 31 to August 1

Izzard: The Tragedy of Hamlet Fairfax Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, Saturday 11 July, matinee show 5 out of 5 stars Reviewed by Christos Linou *** The performance of Izzard: The Tragedy of Hamlet was delivered with a gentle vocal punctuation and gracious restraint. With no special effects, no soun...

29/06/2026

Tip Toe arrives as a five-part alarm bell – and a mirror held up to a world where q***r lives have become contested ground all over again.

REVIEW: TIP TOE (Binge) 4 out of 5 stars Tip Toe arrives as a five-part alarm bell - and a mirror held up to a world where q***r lives have become contested ground all over again. Russell T Davies, the man behind Q***r as Folk, It’s a Sin and Doctor Who, has said he has

12/06/2026

They came, they saw, they slayed..

REVIEW Sissy Ball 8 - The Doll House : Melbourne Town Hall June 7 Am I in Amsterdam, Athens, or maybe it's Brooklyn, New York City? No, I’m at the Sissy Ball 8 at the Melbourne Town Hall in its Victorian architectural splendour, hosting the underbelly of Ballroom. House versus House in a show-off ...

31/05/2026

Our reviewer Sean Cook offers a stark choice between two very different dramas this month. Choose wisely!

HALF MAN - ★★★1/2 (Stan) Toxic masculinity: the subject of the hour - or, in this case, six hours. After the breakout success of Netflix’s Baby Reindeer, all eyes were inevitably going to be on Richard Gadd’s follow-up. And with Half Man, he has not exactly gone for light relief. A modern-...