Alan has worked in the media business for nearly 20 years as an editor, writer and sub editor across a large number of newspaper, magazine and online newsletter titles. He has had a passion for stage and screen for as long as he can remember and has, he admits, never been backwards in coming forwards when it comes to having an opinion. His interest in the arts runs across the full spectrum, from opera, ballet and musicals, to symphony concerts to large music festivals, pub gigs and just about everything in between.
Sydney has secured the 2019 premiere of the multi-award winning, record breaking musical CHICAGO. Produced in Australia by John Frost and Suzanne Jones, this Australian production will premiere from August 20 at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre.
The sassy musical will star …
The Transitions Film Festival returns to Sydney this April with another enthralling line-up of cutting-edge documentaries about the existential challenges, mega-trends, game-changing technologies and creative visions that are redefining what it means to be human.
The festival focuses on sharing …
Australia’s only fire cabaret returns to Sydney after a blazing debut in April 2018, with more spellbinding fire fusion acts featuring the cream of Sydney’s fire performance crop!
Produced and hosted by Melbourne cabaret powerhouse Sophie deLightful, this edition of …
Following seasons in Adelaide, Edinburgh and St Petersburg, Russia, CHAMBER POT OPERA returns to Sydney to play in Australia’s foremost Opera venue, the Sydney Opera House for its final season, commencing 11 April 2019. Tickets go on sale on Friday …
The music of J.S. Bach will come alive in March in Parramatta at a very special concert by Bach Akademie Australia, performing two of his greatest Cantatas and the rarely performed Ascension.
Founder of Bach Akademie Australia, Madeleine Easton, is …
Join Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artisans at the iconic Blak Markets at Bare Island La Perouse Sunday, February 24 from 9:30am to 3pm.
Arts and Craft have always been a focus at the Blak Markets and this market will …
Rick Stein, one of the world’s most highly respected chefs, brings a perfect fusion of travel and food to the stage at Sydney’s State Theatre for one night only on Thursday 4 April. Tickets to RICK STEIN – LIVE ON …
Based on the 1977 movie starring John Travolta, this is the story of 19-year-old Tony Manero, a Brooklyn youth whose weekend is spent at the local discotheque, where life lights up on the disco floor. There, Tony luxuriates in the …
After sell-out shows around the country, the hilarious comedy revue Senior Moments is back by popular demand for a new national tour from February, with the legendary John Wood, Max Gillies, Benita Collings and Geoff Harvey returning with a …
Following Clock and Spiel Productions’ sell-out tour of The Screwtape Letters in 2016/17, and critically acclaimed production of Freud’s Last Session; the company returns with a new take on Kafka’s candid and cautionary tale.
The Samsa family have their ordinary, …