David Kary

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.

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ruby productions : keeping up appearances

Unlike most TV to stage adaptations, KEEPING UP APPEARANCES is not a stage version of episodes we have seen on the box, but a made for stage script, set at the local dramatic society, merging characters familiar from the series, …

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tell me i’m here : cyclone jonathon

 

I knew Jonathon Blain, the subject of Veronica Nadine Gleeson’s play.

He was a regular visitor to a house I lived in in Adelaide many years ago.

I remember his lovely smile and his soft nature.

Jonathon sold me

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through the cracks : immersive, fascinating theatre

Elaine Paton’s THROUGH THE CRACKS is a theatrical crime-style investigation that dives deep into issues of ageing, identity and homelessness, as Inspector Tilly leads an enquiry into the true-life disappearance of her alter ego, Elaine.

The audience enters the Incident

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the railway children return : five double passes

Inspired by one of the most beloved British family films of all time, THE RAILWAY CHILDREN RETURN is an enchanting, moving, and heart-warming adventure for a new generation.

1944 – As life in Britain’s cities becomes increasingly perilous, three evacuee …

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constellations : two nerds and their unlikely romance

 

British playwright Nick Payne’s 2012 play CONSTELLATIONS follows Roland, a beekeeper, and Marianne, a cosmologist, through their romantic relationship.

Both characters spend a lot of time talking about their work;  at one point  Roland talks about the sex life …

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bella a cappella : vidi aquam

Written to celebrate the 450th anniversary of one of choral music’s most iconic works, Thomas Tallis’s 40 Part motet, Spem in alium, Sir James MacMillan was commissioned to write a modern reflection to Spem

in alium. The piece has been …

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chimerica : the tank man play

American playwright Lucy Kirkwood’s play Chimerica (an amalgam of China and America) pivots around an atrocious episode in human history, the Tiananmen Square massacre, when the Chinese Government military gunned down hundreds of students  protesting against the lack of democracy …

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