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.
She has built an extraordinary body of work in theatre, television and film. Everybody loves Noni Hazelhurst.
It came as no surprise that Jaq Grantford’s simply awesome portrait of Noni won this year’s People Choice Award.
Congratulations to Noni and …
Completed in 1812, when Beethoven was in top flight, the Seventh is a symphony of which he was especially proud. Premiered with an orchestra of Mahlerian dimensions (some 70 in the string section alone) it blew the audience away, and …
British playwright Nick Payne’s 2012 play CONSTELLATIONS follows the relationship that develops between Marianne, an astro physicist, and Roland, a beekeeper, who meet at a barbecue.
Payne’s play flit, in a non linear way, back and forth between defining scenes …
Theatre is often a learning experience and Paul Gilchrist’s CATHERINE OF AVIGNON definitely fits into this category.
Gilchrist’s play, which is based on historical records, takes us back to the late 14th Century in Avignon, France. The Catholic Church was …
The scenario to Australian writer Charlotte Wood’s novel THE WEEKEND is not so alluring or for that matter original. Three women, long time friends, meet to pack up the beach house of their good friend who has recently passed …
A theatre company, or to be a little more precise, an arm of a theatre company (the Dire Theatre Company), that calls itself Shekespeare is unmistakably signalling its intentions. This is a company that is going to put a female-centric …
The Furphy Literary Award, the longest running and most prestigious short story competition in Australia, has announced the 2023 winner and runners up.
The Furphy Literary Award competition is a terrific competition that continues to support and encourage Australian writers, …
The Sydney Festival 2024 dates are now locked in 5-28 January2024.
Olivia Ansell will, for the third time, be the Festival Director.
The full program is yet to be announced.
You can follow the Festival on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and …
Presented by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre, the esteemed Richard Gill Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music will be awarded to Kalkadunga composer and musician, William Barton, at the 2023 Art Music Awards on Tuesday 15
The Sydney Fringe Festival, the city’s largest independent arts festival, has announced its full program of over 400 events and 12 festival hubs across the city from 1 – 30 September 2023. Tickets are now on sale for …