Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.
Some wags might think THE CANTERBURY TALES is the arse end of a Bulldog, but a production bearing that name currently being presented at New Theatre is rather a bowdlerised version of Chaucer’s capering collection of bawdy social commentary.
In …
Director Gillian Armstrong claims that she had never heard of Orry-Kelly when Damien Parer pitched a documentary proposal at her.
It is hard to believe that any Australian cinefile would not have knowledge, at least of the existence of the …
Caryl Churchill’s play LOVE and INFORMATION begins with a secret.
Love to know the Information whispered but judging from the reaction from the recipient it was remarkable. And remarkable is an apt description of this play and this production of …
Call them Ishmael.
Ishmael is a club made up of, among others, Norman Lindsay, Will Dyson, Ruby Lind and Mrs. Maggia.
Norman Lindsay, famous artist, sex addict and major misogynist, Dyson, staunch socialist and satirist, Lind, Norman’s sister and an …
I need a drink. I’ve just seen RUBEN GUTHRIE, the film version of the sensationally successful stage play by Brendan Cowell, and I need a drink. Or do I?!
Written and directed by the playwright, RUBEN GUTHRIE comes with a …
Queues deserve to run the length of Enmore Road for the current production of AVENUE Q.
Quite simply an incredibly entertaining musical theatre event, AVENUE Q is an R rated take on the G rated Sesame Street scenario, where the …
If nothing else, TERMINATOR GENiSyS is a cautionary tale of putting all our technological eggs in the one basket. It’s a basket to hell.
Speaking of baskets, the last foray into the Terminator film franchise was Terminator Salvation, which was …
The vampire genre has found its vintage again in the last year with Jim Jarmusch’s ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE and the Kiwi cult hit WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS.
Now an Iranian film makes a thrilling trifecta in the …
Checking in to Fratelli Fresh for a pre-show chow down I spy Dave from the Umbilical Brothers sitting solo. I figure he’s here for a similar pre show chow down. As I am shown to my table, he is shown …
Want a story that leaps off the page? Leap into LEAP.
With a narrative that has all the agility, grace and momentum of parkour, Myfanwy Jones’ novel is leaps and bounds ahead of the pack in recent published fiction.
LEAP …