Liam Heitmann-ryce- LeMercier

1 week ago | fortemag.com.au | Liam Heitmann-ryce- LeMercier |Frankie Anderson-Byrne

“I must have been 15,” Peter recalls of the images compiled in this new retrospective, “up till I was about 19, all of that work. It’s very early, it’s more than 45 years ago! I look at it now and there’s a lot I remember, but a lot I don’t remember at all. It’s a very strange kind of relationship I have with it, because it’s almost as if it was done by a person who doesn’t exist any more.

1 month ago | beat.com.au | Liam Heitmann-ryce- LeMercier |Lucas Radbourne

A regular fixture on UK screens, and former host of acerbic current affairs programme The Mash Report, Nish is taking his latest comedy global – and he’s keen to bring the vibes down across multiple continents. The initial trigger for Nish, Don’t Kill My Vibe, his latest standup show, was a boyish desire to borrow a track name from Kendrick Lamar, one of his favourite artists. But the adjusted title does fit nicely into a number of themes explored within the show itself.

1 month ago | beat.com.au | Liam Heitmann-ryce- LeMercier |Kaya Martin

Touring across Australia to celebrate the release of his self-titled debut EP, West will be setting stages alight across Brisbane, Byron Bay, Sydney and Melbourne – and even making his way to Europe, in a Copenhagen performance that will see him sharing a stage with pop voice of the moment, Chappell Roan. Calling in from the east coast, he is as smooth and breezy over the phone as he is onstage. Speaking of his upcoming full-length album, as yet untitled, “I’m very excited about it,” he says.

1 month ago | beat.com.au | Liam Heitmann-ryce- LeMercier |Kaya Martin

Words by Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier Lauded British purveyor of nonsense Elf Lyons is bringing her surreal comedy down under. The hook? It’s being performed entirely by a stuffed horse. Dialling in from Adelaide, where her new show Horses is winning over audiences at the Fringe Festival, Elf Lyons provides a characteristically matter-of-fact response to why her new act is channelled through an inanimate toy horse.

1 month ago | beat.com.au | Liam Heitmann-ryce- LeMercier |Lucas Radbourne

Crafting characters and landscapes with a tinge of science fiction, Aleks’s huge street murals are known for their vibrant neon colours, high levels of detail, and overall trippy vibes. On display all over Victoria, Aleks has made a name for himself by livening up brick walls with his surreal, captivating style since his art school days.