MOVIE
MYSTIFY:
MICHAEL HUTCHENCE
Already garnering rave reviews,
this documentary about the late
talented but troubled frontman of
INXS delves into his personal life
and successful career, using
archive footage and insights from
those he loved and left behind.
IN CINEMAS July 4
BOOK
THE
DAUGHTER’S
TALE by Armando
Lucas Correa
Elise Duval’s world
is forever changed
when a stranger
brings her long-lost
letters, unravelling seven decades of
secrets. Based on the true story of
the Nazi massacre of a French village
in 1944, this is a family saga of love,
survival and hope against the odds.
OUT NOW (Simon & Schuster, $32.99)MUSICAL
ONCE
Based on the heartwarming 2007
film about an Irish busker and a
Czech immigrant who bond
through their love of music, this
long-running hit musical finally
reaches Sydney – don’t miss it!
UNTIL JULY 21 EternityPlayhouseOut this week
How did your two
daughters react to the
news that you’d be an
official ambassador for
Disney On Ice? Are you
Dad Of The Year now?
Oh, they completely lost
it! My role with Disney is
certainly the biggest
talking point in the
household, especially now
the shows are so close.
They know Daddy is
friends with Mickey and
we’re all going to the show.
We’ve even been out
practising skating and
learning all the words to
the songs in Moana and
Frozen. Dad just scored
big-time because of my
new famous friends!
What can families
expect from the show?
What are some of the
biggest highlights?
The whole family will see
all their favourite Disney
characters and get to sing
along to their favourite
songs, while watching
some of the best skaters
in the world on the ice!
DISNEY ON ICE INFO &
TICKETS disneyonice.com
NEW PARENTS
UNITE!
I
t premiered as a one-off pilot in 2016 as part of the
ABC’s Comedy Showroom initiative. A year later The
Letdown hit screens, first on the ABC, and later on
Netflix, who brought the very relatable, very Australian
comedy about new parenthood to a new, global, audience.
Co-created by writer Sarah Scheller and actress Alison
Bell (who stars as Audrey, a first-time mum struggling
to come to terms with her new way of life) the series
now has legions of fans worldwide, something Alison
says still takes her by surprise. “We certainly had no
expectations that it would necessarily land across cultural
borders as it has,” she tells Woman’s Day. “It’s been
really surprising, to be completely honest. We get
messages from parts of Europe, Japan, Korea, Africa, South
America – we have to press ‘see translation’ quite a bit.”
The multi-award-winning comedy is a genuinely
affecting portrayal of motherhood – warts and all. And
Alison – who was eight months pregnant with her first
child when the series was greenlit – says she’s thrilled
her very real experiences, which acted as inspiration for
many scenarios in the series, have struck a chord with
audiences around the world.
“Even though the specifics of our lives differ from country
to country, there’s a shared experience of parenthood, it
seems,” she says. “For a long time our stories have just
been bought and remade, or appropriated and remade
with a different cultural lens, so the thrilling thing about
being on Netflix is that we’ve really broken through that.
Yes we say ‘nappy’ instead of ‘diaper’, but it doesn’t
seem to matter.”
THE LETDOWN, ABC iview & NetflixRachel Gilbert
and their
daughters are
thrilled about
Tom’s new gig.Audrey finds
out being a new
parent can be
entertaining- for others!