26 June 2014

Theatre

oleanna

It was great to see David Mamet’s OLEANNA again. This is a dazzling work from a master theatremaker.

The  play starts  ordinarily, like a blue sky morning with a few little white clouds around. A struggling student is having a …

Musical Theatre

spring awakening

It was great to be part of a young, vibrant and packed house at the Fig Tree theatre, one of Sydney’s oldest active theatres, (originally the Old Tote theatre), appreciating Zana Cohen’s stirring production of the brilliant, multi-Tony award winning …

Music

sydney chamber choir: cloudburst

Many elements combined in the recent Sydney Chamber Choir’s concert, which focused on the Elements about us. CLOUDBURST was a performance event of sprawling and diverse influences, very well brought together. A satisfyingly strong Australian creative element was present in …

Classical Music

wso performs berlioz

Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliette is rarely performed as it requires such a big cast – a huge choir, a large orchestra and three top soloists.

First performed in November 1839 it is Berlioz’s tempestuous, dramatic distillation and reworking of the …

Cinema

cavalry

“Do not despair; one of the thieves was saved.

 Do not presume; one of the thieves was damned.”Saint Augustine

 So begins CALVARY, see if it doesn’t, John Michael McDonagh’s follow up film to his highly regarded THE GUARD. The pivotal …

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