the seafarer

This is the Australian premiere of this wonderful play by Conor McPherson in a tremendous production by O’Punskys and directed by Maeliosa Stafford. Inspired by an eighth century poem, and with references to McPherson’s THE WEIR and Beckett’s ENDGAME, it’s

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terrain

TERRAIN, by choreographer and Bangarra artist in residence Frances Rings, is a powerful fusion of contemporary dance and storytelling, commissioned by Bangarra’s Artistic Director, Stephen Page.

It is an outstanding and visually stunning dance work exploring the wonder and spiritual

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aida

Glittering and spectacular, full of love, power, passion, treachery and revenge, this is definitely Grand Opera and can lend itself to excess – which is perhaps why it is associated with arena and outdoor spectaculars, with masses of extras swelling

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the dark knight rises

Chris Nolan throws in the trowel in tidying up the trilogy of the cape and cowl.

Beginning with an excellent action adventure mid air escape sequence where we are introduced to villain Bane, a hybrid Hannibal Lecter cum World Championship

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the door

After an illustrious career in his native Hungary, director Istvan Szabo has carved out an enviable enclave in English speaking films especially with actresses of high caliber,– Glenn Close in MEETING VENUS,Annette Benning in BEING JULIA, and now Helen Mirren

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death of a salesman

American playwright Arthur Miller’s 1949 play DEATH OF A SALESMAN still has the power to evoke strong responses from audiences. During the performance I could hear winces and stifled groans coming from patrons as they watched Willy Loman’s merciless descent

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ted

What happens when…..your beautiful, sexy girlfriend gives you a fait accompli? She tells you…it’s either the Teddy Bear or me. You decide!

This is the gut wrenching, soul searching, Hamlet like dilemma that John Bennett faces in the new American

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hysteria

An hysterical magical history tour de force, HYSTERIA (M) deserves to create quite a buzz at the box office.

It single-handedly tells the story of the invention of the vibrator whilst exploding the myth of the catch-all complaint of hysteria

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cam knight at the comedy store

Cam Knight is a man of definite views. Considering he is also a stand-up comedian, that serves him very well.

The scene for his latest ‘one-night laugh fest’ was the iconic Comedy Store at the Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park. This

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metamorphoses

I wish theatre companies and venues in Sydney would go through metamorphoses to lure and entice audiences. Disgraceful that PACT in Erskineville has METAMORPHOSES running there at the moment but passing traffic wouldn’t know, even people who knew it was

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