A memorable part of Mark’s childhood, in Sydney in the sixties, was spent queuing up in George Street to watch the latest movies. Mark remains an avid cinema and theatre goer, and believe that the essentials of great drama remain the same in both “genres”.
Mark’s other interests are photography, cricket and rugby. He is happy to discuss the finer points of swing bowling at any time.
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN, directed by Malik Bendjelloul, is a documentary about two South African music fans who search for the singer/songwriter Rodriguez.
There was a rumour going around South Africa that Rodriguez had committed suicide on stage at the
This year’s production of The Wharf Review, entitled RED WHARF: BEYOND THE RINGS OF SATIRE, is bright, funny and very entertaining.
This is the thirteenth season of The Wharf Review. The current Revue team of Jonathon Biggins (only on video),
It is 1958. We are inside The Artist’s Studio of Mark Rothko in downtown Bowery, New York.(A bit of background. Russian American Jewish artist Mark Rothko (25/9/1903- 25/02/1970), born Marcus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz, is regarded as one of the greatest painters
INTENELY SOUL is an enjoyable and fascinating performance of Indian dance and music.
Brother and sister Nirmal Jena and Pratiba Jena Singh follow their father’s school of Odissian classical dance. Spirituality is always an aspect of classical Indian music and
Saturday night’s concert, MET SERIES 5, opened with a premiere of David Montgomery’s Air and the Void. There is a great sense of expectation in hearing a new work and this was increased by having the composer presenting and explaining
This is an engrossing film about five children from a Nazi family fleeing Germany at the end of the Second World War. They are assisted by a young Jewish man, Thomas, in a superbly understated performance by Kai Malina. Lore,
Jackie Smith’s dark play THE FLOOD is about the return of a younger sister to the family home in remote south western New South Wales. It explores the troubled relationship she has with her ageing mother and her bitter sister.
Director’s Louise Fischer play is an energetic but chaotic production of DBC Pierre’s much loved novel, VERNON GOD LITTLE.
The aftermath of a (very topical) high school massacre is the weighty subject matter of this story. Unfortunately, much of the
Oli Burton has directed an amusing and entertaining BARD TO THE BONE, as part of the Impro Theatre Festival at the New Theatre in Newtown.
The play is introduced as Shakespeare as you have never seen it before and this
Ewan Campbell has directed an amusing and entertaining CHURCHILL’S UNMENTIONABLES as
part of the Impro Theatre Festival at the New Theatre in Newtown.
The audience is asked to suggest specific back stories for the various characters from before the war.