Richard Cotter

Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.

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next in line: eternity from here

Darlinghurst Theatre Company is thrilled to announce that its Next In Line program will resume as planned, thanks to a City of Sydney Cultural Grant. Announced in September last year, the program is a strong manifestation of the company’s commitment …

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les miserables: gripping blockbuster

“Remember this my friends. There are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.”

This quote from Victor Hugo’s novel, Les Miserables, ends Ladj Ly’s electrifying film LES MISERABLES, an epigram that amplifies that …

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reprehensible: polite histories of bad behaviour

Totally reprehensible.

Rats, rascals, and reprobates populate Mikey Robins’ scandalous and salacious new book, REPREHENSIBLE: POLITE HISTORIES OF BAD BEHAVIOUR.

A scavenger hunt of dirty rotten scoundrels through the ages, this compendium of cads, curs, creeps and Comstocks sheds light …

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how i clawed my way to the middle: a memoir

One of the positives of this vile Covid 19 pandemic is the production of John Wood’s memoir, HOW I CLAWED MY WAY TO THE MIDDLE.

The actor had been asked to commit pen to paper previously but quickly lost interest …

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la belle epoque: c’est magnifique

I first saw LA BELLE EPOQUE at the opening of this year’s French Film Festival. So enchanted with it, I wanted to see it again. Much like a theme of the movie, it was lovelier the second time around.

From …

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project interlude: a mini musical

City Theatre is illustrative of the enterprising entrepreneurial bent of our artists in the face of a pandemic.

The company instigated Project Interlude, a challenge to write, compose, rehearse, stage and perform a mini musical in just one week.

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we’ll end up together: nice soundtrack

Like a Gallic The Big Chill, WE’LL END UP TOGETHER is about a reunion of a bunch of insufferable bores played out against a nostalgic soundtrack of pop tunes and dance anthems.

A sequel to the fairly forgettable Little White …

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