17 January 2026

SYDNEY FESTIVAL : EMMA DONOVAN AND FRIENDS AT CITY RECITAL HALL

Carol Dance / 17 January 2026

Emma Donovan is one of Australia’s most respected entertainers. She sings. She composes. She engages the audience by tellings stories of her family. In Take Me to the River she gracefully commands the stage and the band of two guitars, …

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NO OTHER CHOICE – WHEN IT ALL GETS JUST TOO MUCH

Eli Beverley-Schack / 17 January 2026

This is a dark comedy to its core, with a deliberately hyperbolic style. Though the screenplay is clever, director Park Chan- wook does much of his storytelling non-verbally, through sight gags, set design, action choreography and visual effects. Everything we …