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.
CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION by Annie Baker is set entirely in a drama class at a community centre in Vermont, USA. The play opened Off-Broadway in 2009 and received the Obie Award for Best New American Play. …
Another powerful and playful cocktail concert in the Utzon room of the Opera House on Friday July 25. These one hour chamber performances at 6pm by members of the SSO, enhanced by the in-kind sponsorship by Handpicked Wines, …
Subtitled POSTCARDS FROM SPAIN, this concert was bursting with Iberian energy. Conductor Jaime Martín held together the hundred-strong orchestra, including harps, timpani and castanets, through the technically complex and emotionally charged compositions.
The opening was Alborada del gracioso, …
Eva Gevorgyan made her Sydney debut in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s International Pianists series. At only 21, her virtuosity and stage presence captivated the audience. She has already won 50 international piano competitions. Clearly this Russian-Ukrainian musician …
Congratulations to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. It has moved on from Bach-Beethoven-Brahms and given us a treat with Bree van Reyk’s Fanfare for Solidarity, a three-minute piece the SSO commissioned as part of the its 50 Fanfares Project. This …
What a night! NZ’s Signature Choir of 94 singers, 82 members of the SSO and an audience of enthusiastic local Pacific Islanders! The Concert Hall was packed out. The Choir presented songs from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau …
This soirée-style chamber concert in the Utzon Room of the Sydney Opera House was a journey through French and Spanish Impressionism. The three compositions (Ravel, Debussy and Turina) were selected to highlight the harp, flute, viola, violin and viola.
Greeted …
Laura Wade’s POSH is a reasonably accurate fictionalisation of an Oxford University student club called the Riot Club, originally called the Bullingdon Club, founded in 1790. In one scene, the ghost of 17th century Lord Ryott appears in a …
This event featured seven performer groups representing the culture of Inner Mongolia, an autonomous area of China. The first presentation was folk songs by the Nair Band. This included throat singing, ancient string instruments, a guitar and sound box. Throat …
TRIPLE congratulations to the Pymble Players. First, for its four-star performance of Terrence McNally’s irreverent theatre comedy, IT’S ONLY A PLAY. Second, for its successful move into the Zenith Theatre in Chatswood from its former residence in Pymble. …