As CEO of the Australian Commercial Disputes Centre, Carol wrote dozens of role plays to train mediators. Once retired, she wrote short plays,15 of which have been produced in festivals. Her longer plays have been produced by Nautanki Theatre, Subtlenuance Theatre and the Indian Association. She founded Scene Theatre Sydney in 2008.
The Cutting is a wonderful, occasionally confusing and often sardonic novel set in Sydney, West Australia and Paris. Perhaps the title means ‘cutting’, as in sarcastic or cynical. Then we discover is refers to the cliff cutting near Bronte Beach, …
AVE is the wonderful new Australian Vocal Ensemble. The quartet’s singing is lyrical, playful, powerful and modern. The quartet’s vision is innovative – and it delivers on that dream. AVÉ is also a Latin word meaning ‘be well’. We were …
William Macaskill’s WHAT WE OWE THE FUTURE encourages humans to start thinking long term, appropriately called longtermism. Let’s not think about a decade from now or even the end of this century. Let’s thinks about what earth will be like …
The universal appeal of a sanctuary away from the excesses of society is at the centre of this novel. It is a sanctuary itself that the three characters want to escape – a 600AD Irish monastery. Artt, a senior monk, …
The Bourne thrillers were written by Robert Ludlum and sold over 400 million books. When Ludlum died in 2001, the continuation of the Bourne series was given to Brian Freeman. Freeman has mastered Ludlum’s style and added his own twists. …
IN A NUTSHELL is a journey through Shakespeare’s best-loved plays with the director Peter Evan as our guide. To clarify, IN A NUTSHELL is being performed by the Bell Shakespeare Company in the Neilson Nutshell theatre space at Pier …
WONDERDOG is about how the scientific research into dog behaviour influences research into human behaviour. This is a fascinating book – fascinating because of what’s in it, and because of what’s not in it.
What’s not in it? For example, …
FAITHLESS by Alice Neilson is a good novel for a particular literary genre and will find a following among women intrigued with romance. The story is entirely the main character Cressida’s 300-page missive she writes to her lover Max. …
This wonderful Australian premiere of the musical THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROODis not a little gem – it’s a BIG gem. With a cast of 14 and a five piece band, the fun and fantastic singing goes for an …
Patrick Radden Keefe’s ROGUES tells the stories of people behaving badly, as investigated by award-winning writer Patrick Radden Keefe. Describing the world’s most abominable people is Keefe’s life work. The book is a collection of 30 to 40 page ‘long …