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Heartbreak High
April 2024
10 Chaotic Questions
Chloé Hayden on pigeons, high school and celebrity run-ins: ‘This hand pulls me up … and it’s Hugh Jackman’
Heartbreak High season two review – busy, blingy but all a bit flaccid
March 2024
Michael Jenkins: Heartbreak High, Scales of Justice and Blue Murder creator dies aged 77
The Australian writer, producer and director, who died on Monday, was remembered as ‘a prodigious creator of groundbreaking film and TV’
January 2023
Blue review – Thomas Weatherall gives finely tuned performance in gripping one-man show
At just 22, the Heartbreak High star proves to be a polymath, in a vulnerable and funny stage debut he wrote and stars in
December 2022
Summer essentials
The Tourist, Byron Baes, Muster Dogs and more: the 14 best Australian TV shows of 2022
Australian arts in focus
Aacta awards 2022: Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, Mystery Road and Heartbreak High win big
October 2022
Heartbreak High: Australian hit renewed for a second season on Netflix
Heartbreak High reboot becomes a huge hit for Netflix and on TikTok
September 2022
I died in the original Heartbreak High. Now with the Netflix reboot, people are asking for my autograph in barber shops
Elly Varrenti
Watching the new TV show sparked memories of a ’94 summer of group bonding, 6am pickups and the most positive acting experience I’ve ever had
Heartbreak High’s reboot is here. How does it compare to the original?
The 1990s show was beloved for its gritty authenticity and provocative plots. Is Netflix’s shinier reboot trying to do too much at once?
TV review
Heartbreak High review – the 90s Aussie drama meets Mean Girls, but with more sex
Heartbreak High gets a Gen-Z makeover: ‘We’re giving this generation their own show’
Stream lover
Heartbreak High, Rings of Power, Blonde: what’s new to streaming in Australia this September
December 2020
Netflix announces Heartbreak High reboot for 2022: 'We haven’t had a teen show like it since'
The wildly popular 90s teen series was known for its grittiness and honesty, tackling storylines involving sex, drugs, domestic violence and racism
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