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.
Well known activist and politician Meredith Burgmann and distinguished Australian writer Nadia Wheatley, both spirited radicals themselves, have written a book about themselves and 18 other activists from the 1960s era in Australia. Included are eight women and twelve …
BORDERLESS is a masterful monologue aided by excellent stage craft. Writer and performer Peter-William Jamieson began researching the play after talking to a friend who had returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. The result is an 85 minute …
Beatrice Miles was born in 1902 in Sydney. She was the top of her class at the exclusive Abbotsleigh School for Girls. She died 71 years later as a famous Sydney identity either loved or despised for her life as …
This auto-novel won the 2021 Vogel Literary Award for unpublished manuscripts by writers under the age of 35. Allen & Unwin’s Australian office publishes the winner of this annual award.
The award was started in 1980 by Vogel (the bread …
This is a marvellous little book. It contains 25 ‘Experiments’, moulded into 25 fun pranks. Each one starts with its scores in five categories: VICTIM MESS DANGER FUNNINESS SCIENCE followed by warnings, such as ‘This is a guaranteed messy prank! …
What a perfect evening. Outstanding musical performances. Welcoming atmosphere. A beautiful space. Produced by Live at Yours at the Great Synagogue, this one evening only performance was packed out.
Built in 1878, the Great Synagogue on Elizabeth Street is one …
What would Fats Waller think of this Festival? The creator of ‘Don’t love you cause your feets too big’ would probably have been mystified. It’s an old saying that white people just can’t do jazz. But then, there are …
NEXT CHAPTERS : UPLIFTING ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES was a three-company collaboration presenting works by new and old composers. Willoughby Symphony’s Artistic Director Nicolas Milton has combined the Orchestra, the Willoughby Symphony Choir and Legs on the Wall, the much-loved physical theatre …
Congratulations to all the sign makers, T-Shirt printers and banner painters. Art is part of the School Strikers’ campaign. Climate activists’ art comes in many forms. The Facebook and Instagram posts announcing the strike were usually professional quality graphics. They …
This tiny but beautiful gallery in Darlinghurst is currently displaying a sister-brother exhibition. Jo Nolan is the painter. She has a Master of Art from the University Of New South Wales. Her brother Paul is a journalist and poet who …