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.
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Writer, composer and director Joanna Weinberg and Emanuel Synagogue’s joint collaboration has turned the tragic story of the expulsion of the Jews into a most entertaining, sometimes light-hearted musical. It’s a fascinating and entertaining musical, presenting the historical …
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ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER is a well-known 1965 musical now adapted by Australia’s multi-talented Jay James-Moody for Squabbalogic Music Theatre. This is a highly professional contemporary production. It’s not a big-bucks musical with …
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Helen Tzouganatos is the SBS Food presenter of ‘Loving Gluten Free’. This beautifully designed book has full-page photographs of most recipes. Breads, salads, legumes, vegetables, rice, pasta, seafood, meat and desserts recipes are fully explained. Crispy Barramundi with …
Penny van Oosterzee’s knowledge of the evolutionary history of Australia together with the story of her regeneration of her own property in the Atherton Tablelands results in a fascinating book. How do you turn paddocks back into lush tropical rainforest? …
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Gravity & Other Myths combines dance, circus, cabaret, video, heart-pumping acrobatics into a marvellous 70 minute show. This multi-award-winning Australian troupe’s latest show THE MIRROR is not to be missed.
The group utilises mirrors, hence the title of …
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The funny man on stage alone for over an hour kept the packed Everest Theatre audience in awe, children and adults alike. He was New Zealand’s Thom Monckton, playing an artist attempting to paint a canvas. But …
As I sit at my desk looking out the window at the wind and the rain, I consider all the books I’ve reviewed for Sydney Arts Guide over the past few years. I was to write an article for the …
Marc Cameron is a retired Deputy Chief United States Marshall. He has the experience to write spy thrillers.. He has taken over the authorship of the Tom Clancy series for the Clancy Estate. The series protagonist is Jack Ryan. In …
John Grisham’s novels are a delight. After you’ve read a few, you know the good guys are going to win in the end. You know the convoluted American legal system will eventually provide at least some justice. Grisham’s quest for …
Beckett’s Club gives theatre lovers a new way of finding out about both past and future theatre events. This November 17 ‘vignette’ was a short monologue from a play opening in 2023. A previous ‘vignette’ was William Zappa’s monologue from …