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.
Above : Carol Dance, Curator of Worlds Alive
SCENE THEATRE SYDNEY will present dramatic readings of 11 short plays from around the world, never seen in Australia.
Professional actors Charles Mayer, Jo Bloom, Joseph Raboy and Tiang Lim are …
Olivia De Jonge, Kirsty Marillier, Contessa Treffone, Lorinda May Merrypor and Masego Pitso in Sydney Theatre Company’s Picnic at Hanging Rock 2025. Photo: Daniel Boud ©
Joan Lindsay’s classic novel PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK is set on Valentine’s Day, …
Above : Talented Australian filmmaker Sally Aitken
A film of joy and wonder, EVERY LITTLE THING offers profound truths in a deceptively simple story. What does it mean to care for another, and what impact does this act have on …
This was very touching theatre, written by Alison Bennett who also played the central character.
Alison plays an unkempt, overweight, unnamed young woman, (all three characters are unnamed), who lives by herself in a suburban flat. She can barely move …
Lillian Hellman’s play THE CHILDREN’S HOUR (1934) follows the story of Martha and Karen who run a boarding school for young girls. Mary, a troubled and particularly difficult student, overhears a conversation she wasn’t meant to be privy to. …
Legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh returns with a darkly humorous and poignant exploration of family dynamics.
Marianne Jean-Baptiste reunites with Leigh as Pansy, a woman consumed by fear and anger, while her easy-going sister leads a very different life as …
Above : theatre legend Nancye Hayes plays Leo’s very independent grandmother Vera in Amy Herzog’s play 4000 Miles. Photo Daniel Boud.
About half way through American playwright Amy Herzog’s play 4000 MILES my companion whispers in my ear, sighing, ‘…
Ray Lawler’s classic play SUMMER OF THE SEVENTEENTH DOLL was first performed at the Union Theatre in Melbourne on the 28th November 1955. The play is considered to be the most significant in Australian theatre history, and a “turning …
This multi Tony Award winning musical has finally landed at Theatre Royal Sydney with an exhilarating opening night on Friday.
The hit musical by Anais Mitchell (music, lyrics and book) brilliantly intertwines two mythic tales – that of …
Sunday 23 February 3pm
Big Schoolroom, Sydney Grammar School
Artists
Sydney Chamber Choir
Sam Allchurch | Conductor
Ensemble Nobiles
2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two and