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.
Snippets of songs and voices coming through an old radio introduce Janie Gibson’s take on the story of Joan of Arc and its insights and echoes of the treatment of women throughout history. As the performer skims through the radio …
The INDance season opened with two outstanding and contrasting shows of entertaining modern dance. INDance is a presentation by Sydney Dance Company in its Neilson Studio of some of Australia’s talented and diverse independent contemporary dancemakers.
The evening commenced …
Teenagers struggle with a complex, diverse and changing circumstances. They have friends and peers to impress, family to ridicule and depend on, insecurities to mask with bluster or nonchalance, and complicated emotional upheavals. When one of your parents is a …
NAYIKA : A DANCING GIRL is an exceptional production. Vaishnavi Suryaprakash’s outstanding solo performance mixes brilliant storytelling with wonderful Bharatanatyam dance and is accompanied by incredible musicians Marco Cher-Gibard and Bhairavi Raman.
Brilliantly written by Nithya Nagarajan and Liv …
NUN SLUT is a sacrilegious, fun show. Sister Mary Claire should pray to Our Lord and ask for His forgiveness. On the other hand, NUN SLUT is clever and entertaining and the audience lapped up the humour and …
Friedrich Nietzsche wrote “without music, life would be a mistake”. Fellow German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer also declared music to be the highest art form.“Music is magical,” affirms Marty Jourard, keyboardist and saxophonist from 1980s hitmakers,
The Motels. Matera opens his …
POTTED POTTER is an energetic, funny and entertaining parody of the Harry Potter series. Brendan is the bumbling MC and Scott is the Harry Potter expert, played by Brendan Murphy and Scott Hoatson respectively. Scott had instructed to Brendan …
Two friends meet up in a pub and have a good long chat. BACK TO BIRDY is a lot more complicated than that but essentially that is the backbone of this play that delves into some chasms and contradictions within …
It was a privilege to witness a breathtakingly brilliant show
in a perfect intimate venue, Sydney Dance Company’s
Neilson Studio. Somos is choreographer Rafael Bonachela’s
tribute to his Spanish background, the first time he has
relied so explicitly on …