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.
This July the Rockdale Opera Company is proud to present Gaetano Donizetti’s enduring, joyous and ever popular comic opera,THE ELIXIR OF LOVE.
A score filled with melody from the beginning to its joyously happy ending, it features some …
4 stars
Before the late, great Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021) came on the scene music theatre was the province of feel good, unchallenging, escapist entertainment. Sondheim turned things around, writing musicals about difficult subject matters. He was a provocateur, asking …
4 stars
Iranian-Australian tar (Iranian lute) virtuoso and composer Hamed Sadeghi’s concert EMPTY VOICES was a revelation and a delight.
A very talented band of musicians joined him on stage to bring his latest compositions to life. Joining him in …
4 stars
A huge variety of artworks are displayed at this exhibition of 130 artists. The most stunning natural piece in the Cutaway is the magnificent sandstone cliff face. It dwarfs the efforts of humans to reproduce the natural world. …
4 stars
Similarly to Mary Poppins, and one year apart, the main character in THE SOUND OF MUSIC was a good natured nanny, in this case Maria, who took over the duties of looking after ‘difficult’ children in a dysfunctional …
Sydney Dance Company today announced that Brett Clegg will be stepping down as Chair of the company after 4 years in the role and after 8 years as a member of the Board. Emma-Jane Newton, currently the Deputy Chair, has …
Senior Luritja artist Doris Bush Nungarrayi has won the Sulman Prize 2023 and $40,000 for her work Mamunya ngalyananyi (Monster coming), depicting several Mamus, the ominous and malevolent spirits that terrify Aṉangu.
A first-time finalist in both the Sulman and …
First-time Wynne Prize finalist Zaachariaha Fielding has won the Wynne Prize 2023 for his painting Inma, which depicts the sounds of Mimili, a small community in the eastern part of the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, South Australia.
Fielding was …
Sydney-based artist Julia Gutman has won the Archibald Prize 2023 and $100,000 for her portrait, Head in the sky, feet on the ground, of singer-songwriter Montaigne.
The 29-year-old first-time Archibald Prize finalist is one of the youngest winners in the …
The powerful new Australian production, DRIFTWOOD THE MUSICAL, produced by the Umbrella Foundation, tells the inspirational story of the renowned Austrian/ Australian sculptor Karl Duldig and his artist-inventor wife, Slawa Horowitz-Duldig.
We follow their lives in pre-war Vienna, …