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.
For the second year in succession, Scene Theatre Sydney (STS) has presented its Worlds Alive play festival. This year the festival included two plays, in full, and extracts from three other plays.
Highly experienced director Elaine Hudson production went …
Above : Campbell Parsons as Darryl in MONSTER at KXT Broadway
There used be a great chamber theatre in Sydney’s east that is sadly gone, making way for more poker machines. Say no more…
The theatre was called the Lookout …
Few works command such instant recognition as Carl Orff’s CARMINA BURANA. From the electrifying opening ‘O Fortuna’ to moments of shimmering tenderness, this choral masterpiece celebrates the passions, fortunes and follies of life with irresistible energy. Performed in the …
Above : The cast with Director Annette van Roden (front row second from right) and Assistant Director Todd Beilby (back row far right)
Bobby (Luke Baweja) and Rachel (Sarah Croake) in EXIT LAUGHING
The setting is the early 2000s in …
Thanks to Transmission Films, we have 10 double passes to give away to I SWEAR, a film written and directed by Kirk Jones, opening nationally in cinemas on 26 March.
Based on the true story, I SWEAR is a moving, …
The Japanese bombing of Darwin In World War 2 has been well documented in the archives of Australian Military history.
Kathryn’s late father served in Darwin during World War 2 and used to tell Kathryn and her sister stories …
Above pic : Rose Riley in A MIRROR upstairs at Belvoir Street theatre.
British playwright Sam Holcroft’s A MIRROR is the new drama playing upstairs at Belvoir Street theatre. Holcroft ’s acclaimed play premiered at the Almeida Theatre in …
ARCO is a magical and beautifully animated journey through time. The film is a dazzling adventure about a 10-year-old boy from a peaceful, distant future who accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril. …
CALENDAR GIRLS is known as the female version
of the classic movie, The Full Monty. It is right that, in
time, THE FULL MONTY happened first with the
movie releasing in 1997, and the movie CALENDAR
GIRLS was released in …
Frenchwriter and actress Yasmina Reza’s play ART ,which opened in Paris in 1994, is considered a modern classic.
In ART, Serge has gone out and bought a work of contemporary art for $200, 000. The thing is that the …