Eli Beverley-Schack has lived in Sydney since he was 11 years old. A string of men’s hair salons suited his gregarious, extrovert personality. He and his wife travelled extensively throughout Asia and Europe, collecting memories.
Now retired, Eli enjoys his rooftop apartment in Neutral Bay, looking across to the city he loves, and reading. Always reading. He still travels frequently with his new partner, and enjoys harbour-side walks, attending live music venues, independent theatre, and is a regular presence at cinemas across Sydney. He enjoys festivals, obscure art movies, movies, national theatre productions and everything that the Sydney cultural scene offers.
He walks to local libraries to select books appealing to his latest interests, whether it be history, travel, politics, biographies, reads reviews of movies, journals and much more, and enjoys taking photos of the skies above his beloved city that litter his Facebook feed.
Eli observes. He sees. He goes beyond the superficial, and he shares.
Not to be confused by Le fil, the stage name of British artist and drag performer, Le Fil translates to THE THREAD, a French legal drama co-written, directed and starring by Daniel Auteuil and is an adaptation of Le Livre
I read Mary Shelley’s spellbinding novel in my youth before I was aware of myths and schizophrenia, so I was somewhat at a disadvantage.
The book’s first several chapters cleverly stack up like a geometric proof, each chapter contributing to …
The beautiful Gothic architecture provides a sensual setting for classical repertoire.
Jewish comedians from Don Rickles to Jackie Mason have long been in the forefront of comedy because humour has provided an emotional release from hatred. For Israelis, much of their comedy involves mocking the misconceptions outsiders have about them.
Onto …
Author pic : Orlando Figes
The fighting between Russia and Britain took 2 years beginning in 1854 and ended with both countries occupying the same positions and the map of Europe unchanged.
The spark that turned into a flame was …
On stage, smoking a pipe with his chair turned upstage, dressed as the publisher’s moniker, with orange flippers and everything else hanging out, Garry Starr, aka Damien Warren-Smith, struts his ingenious comic shtick in a dizzying and dazzling series of …
Playwright Yasmine Reza’s sharp-edged play GOD OF CARNAGE is a comedy of manners without the manners.
This is deliciously savage satire that pits two sets of parents who meet up to deal with the unruly behaviour of their children. A …
Its a confounding bit of cinema as it’s nearly impossible to describe 105 minutes of watching people fight as enjoyable…and yet, with Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch at it’s centre, it’s not entirely unpleasant, either.
Isn’t escapism one of the …
KU-RING-GAI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (KPO) wowed as only they can with Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Richard Strauss’s Thus Spake Zarathustra, two masterpieces of the classical repertoire.
Under the baton of Artistic Director Paul Terracini, the KPO was joined by violin …
Hosted by the Italian Institute of Culture, Ida Pelliccioli, pianist extraordinaire, is back to wow Australia with her new tour that explores the musical landscape from the Baroque to Early Romanticism, revealing hidden gems alongside celebrated masterpieces.
With a …