Alan Hartstein

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.

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christina in the cupboard

Writer, director Paul Gilchrist has achieved a lot with his production of CHRISTINA IN THE CUPBOARD, now showing at the TAP Gallery in Darlinghurst.

Described in the program notes as “an experiment in comic magic realism”, the play is primarily …

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apples and pears

English-born writer/director Sean O’Riordan has returned to his London roots with APPLES AND PEARS, his fourteenth play since arriving in Australia.

Combining elements of absurdity and realism, as he puts it in the program notes, O’Riordan has created characters drawn …

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