David Kary completed a Bachelor of Creative Arts (BCA) at Wollongong University between 1990 and 1992 majoring in Arts Journalism and Theatre Studies. Ever since 1992 he has been writing about the arts scene in Sydney in various publications.
He has managed Sydney Arts Guide since 2004.
“I slept last night in a good hotel
I went shopping today for jewels
The wind rushed around in the dirty town
And the children let out from the schools
I was standing on a noisy corner
Waiting for …
Dendy Newtown will be hosting a Wes Anderson retrospective over three weeks, beginning February 4.
The retrospective, titled FANTASTIC MR. WES, is a delightful trip through all nine of Wes Anderson’s colourful films; Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal …
Logging on and logging off takes on an entirely alternative meaning in WILD THINGS, Sally Ingleton’s splendid documentary of a year spent with front line eco activists.
WILD THINGS is a film that undoubtedly preach to the converted when it …
With the end of the Sydney Festival 2021, the tenure of the mercurial, wonderful Wesley Enoch as its Artistic Director has finished.
Appointed in early June 2020 the new Artistic Director is Australian curator and producer OIivia Ansell. Ansell came …
Start your weekend at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) with the Museum’s extended hours MCA Late every Friday night during summer.
Curate your own evening after hours at the MCA, see performances by musicians, artists, poets hidden in …
Aeons ago, I am shocking with specific time frames, I trained it way up north, I lived in the time at Watsons Bay, to Killara, to the Marian Street Theatre, one of the best theatres in Sydney, sadly long gone, …
The show begins with a flourish. We see Kenny prattling around, talking on the phone, when a stage manager races down the aisle to tell him that he is supposed to be on stage to give a keynote address at …
The hit Danish comedy THE FOOD CLUB begins on Christmas Eve when Marie finds out that her husband has another woman and announces that she will divorce him.
Desperate, she wonders what will become of her life. But above all, …
The world’s most famous arias are ringing out from the Joan Sutherland Theatre again as Opera Australia’s enormously popular Great Opera Hits concert series returns to Australia’s true home of opera.
Described as the ‘best of opera without the boring …
This show was a cabaret at the Adelaide cabaret festival in 2019 called ‘Uncut’. It has been revised and renamed for this year’s Sydney Festival. The new title refers to one of the main songs in the show ‘Candide’ which …