Carolyn Neumann

Highly qualified in things other then ‘the Arts’; Carolyn’s life long love of theatre, movies, comedy and music has meant that she has spent much of her life in dark rooms with strangers – sitting upright and paying attention.

So now – please sit upright and pay attention…

89 posts by Carolyn Neumann

while we’re young

WHILE WE’RE YOUNG, Noah Baumbach’s comedic mid-life crisis film rotates around a bromance between Josh, a mid forties documentary maker and film lecturer played by Ben Stiller, and his new buddy, the cool mid twenties student Jamie, played by Adam …

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big eyes

Walter Keane displaying 'his' work

Filmmaker Tim Burton grew up with paintings of waif like children with saucer sized dark haunting eyes. These paintings were popular in the 1960s. In his film, BIG EYES, Burton reveals the drama behind the career of the painter, Margaret …

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love is strange

Love is strange

Love, ageing and losing one’s home underpin this character focused film written by Mauricio Zacharias and Ira Sachs who also directs.

The two main protagonists are gay but their trials resonate with all who have been in love.

The score …

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chippendale creative precinct comes alive

It may be surprising to find out that Chippendale boasts more than just the White Rabbit Art Gallery. In fact there are about 16 art galleries dotted through the area. This is a major surge from the lonely NG Art …

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bondi art lounge exhibition

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Just a block from Bondi Beach is the Bondi Art Lounge, an artists’ space to paint and exhibit. It opened in July 2014 increasing the number of art galleries in Curlewis Street.

Sally Belcher (originally from Melbourne) opened doors for …

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what we did on our holiday

McLeod Family  - c BBC Productions

For a good chuckle, see WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY. This inter-generational comedy reflects back to the audience familiar family chaos among issues of loyalty, honesty, keeping up appearances, how much you protect children and whether it really matters …

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lego towers of tomorrow @ sydney museum

Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO® Bricks is a world premiere exhibition of amazing skyscrapers in Australia and Asia represented in LEGO®. It’s on now at the Museum of Sydney until 19 April 2015.

Constructed by Ryan McNaught, one of only …

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hijinks @ sydney aquarium

Once a month, HIJINKS takes over Sea Life Sydney Aquarium for a kids-free over 18 years old evening of music, games, crafts, comedy and sharks. People journey for 90 minutes or longer through this underwater city of dive bars, music, …

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falling woman @ carriageworks

FALLING WOMAN is the last major work in the Performance Space’s BURWAN (ISLAND) program at Carriageworks. Its five show season ends tonight.

FALLING WOMAN is an interdisciplinary work, a combination of physical theatre, and immersive video. It is a surreal …

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a haunting winter sleep

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Winter Sleep is not a film you sleep through even though at three and a half hours one may be tempted. The winner of the Cannes Palme d’Or, this epic film is dramatic intense, literary and mainly theatrical rather than …

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