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.
Tennessee Williams THE GLASS MENAGERIE is like a perfectly composed music score. This is the way I, and no doubt others, experience it. With a good conductor and orchestra, as is the case with this Ensemble production, one is …
Celebrate the warmth and wonder of the choral sound with Gabriel Fauré’s sublime and radiant Requiem. Blending the pure lines of Gregorian chant with the elegance and intensity of his own melodic genius, wrapped in delicate yet sensually lush harmonies, …
Producer John Frost stated at the media call that ANNIE was one of his favourite musicals to stage. Every decade he feels the urge to restage it to hopefully new and older theatregoers.
Previous productions have included performers Jill Perryman …
tt had been a busy few days and I came to the KXT theatre feeling very tired. I hadn’t really researched this play, was told that it was a long work, and to be honest, really wasn’t sure how I’d …
The Sydney theatre scene is often struggling whether it be mainstream, independent or community theatre.
It is of-course great news when one hears that a company has acquired a new performance space.
Courtesy of Lane Cove Council, Lane Cove …
This year’s Handa Opera on the Harbour is GUYS AND DOLLS.N
With music by Frank Loesser and book by Joe Swerling and Abe Burrows, Guys & Dolls is regarded as one of the finest musicals ever written and has enjoyed …
Above : Lucy Maunder in NO LOVE SONGS. Pic by Brett Boardman
This show was first performed at the iconic Edinburgh Fringe in 2023, and is soon to premiere on Broadway.
The premise is very cool. High profile Scottish singer …
Johnny Nasser and Shannen Alyce Quan in Sydney Theatre Company and State
Theatre Company South Australia’s The Dictionary of Lost Words 2025. Pic Prudence
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Johnny Nasser and Shannon Alyce Quan in Sydney Theatre Company and State Theatre Company of …
Personification, the attribution of human characteristics to non humans, is a literary device regularly and often very effectively employed by writers.
It is a device that is very effectively used by the late American playwright A.R.Gurney, a Professor of Literature …
In Karina Young’s new play DON’T SAVE ME, Jade and Pat are a doting young couple whose marriage is rocked by Jade receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis from her GP. Jade takes the news badly yet not half as badly …