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.
Bryce Halliday is a charming and confident entertainer who graduated from the Australian Institute of Music (AIM) in 2011. That makes him a very young performer and it is very impressive that he tackles weighty issues (marriage equality, conspiracy theorists),
Marko Mustac has written, directed and starred in QUIET COMPANIONS, a play set in Victorian England. The two characters arrive for a gathering in a parlour but the other guests do not arrive. There is some introductory discussing of the
THE SAPPHIRES is a funny and very entertaining film. From the opening scene of two girls running through a flowering golden field to the sound of Credence’s RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE. It looks good and it sounds good.
We meet
Melissa Bubnic’s play STOP.REWIND explores the life choices of a group of office workers. Their choices are brought into focus by the terminal illness of a co-worker. They question the value of thirty years spent in an office and then
Epicentre’s current production of Dario Fo’s classic political satire ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST, directed by Michael and Constantine Costi from a translation by Gillian Hanna, is a very entertaining night at the theatre.
Fo’s story is thoughtful, intriguing and
When Joe Orton’s play, ENTERTAINING MR SLOANE, was first performed in 1964 it would have been much more confronting than it is now. The current production at the New Theatre focuses on other aspects of the play.The changing allegiances between
Saturday night’s concert, MET SERIES 3, opened with a performance of Sibelius’ Valse Triste. The soft & delicate opening made one realise that the The Independent Theatre at North Sydney is an ideal venue for The Metropolitan Orchestra and its
Written and directed by Paul Gilchrist, this new play, LUCY BLACK, is an interesting and entertaining study of various dualities and inherent tensions, the intuitive and the logical, the new and the old, the privileged and proletariat and male and
How entertaining can a richly varied performance of drumming be? If the show is as energetic and containing as many styles & forms as SHIFTING SANDS it can be very enjoyable.
Taikoz is an Australian ensemble that performs wadaiko, a
It is disappointing to attend a play that has gone through the substantial requirements of a theatrical production and to find very little of merit in the experience. The dialogue is clunky. The acting is poor. A lot of the