Let them eat cake. Attributed to Marie Antoinette, what does it really mean? Let the starving stew in sugar? Or feed the hungry the finer things?
There’s certainly plenty of food for thought in Vanessa Bates play PORN.CAKE the confronting
A Sydney premiere, this is a striking, rather unusual version that at times could be regarded as uneven and confusing if you didn’t know and love the book. (It is one my favourite books). However there are some very good
Epicentre’s current production of Dario Fo’s classic political satire ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST, directed by Michael and Constantine Costi from a translation by Gillian Hanna, is a very entertaining night at the theatre.
Fo’s story is thoughtful, intriguing and
When Joe Orton’s play, ENTERTAINING MR SLOANE, was first performed in 1964 it would have been much more confronting than it is now. The current production at the New Theatre focuses on other aspects of the play.The changing allegiances between
In the cosmos of the credit card cosmopolitan, those who have the biggest deck carry the big stick of social status. That’s the central plank in THE UNSPEAKABLE ITCH, the latest collaboration of Kate Smith and Drew Fairley, a “till
The Spanish Film Festival launched last Monday evening at the Chauvel Cinema with sangria and savouries and a screening of the sweet Argentinean comedy, CHINESE TAKEAWAY.
Predominantly from Spain, the festival features films from other Spanish speaking countries, including Argentina,
Andrey Zvyagintsev is a man who makes movie masterpieces.
After his breathtakingly beautiful THE RETURN, the movie maestro returns with ELENA (M), a film that revels in the minutiae of life and makes it riveting.
Spare, precise, with a stylish
This is not your traditional, as expected familiar Romeo and Juliet to Prokofiev but rather a radical, sparse contemporary re working by Sacha Waltz to Berlioz. It was premiered in 2007 and requires a HUGE cast of ballet ensemble and
Were you amazed by the 2008 Opening Ceremony in the Bird-Cage of the Beijing Olympics?
Yes! Then you just have to see OPERA WARRIORS which has been brought to the Opera Theatre at the Sydney Opera House by the same
This is the situation. Laura and Roland are a happy young couple caught in a violent snowstorm in the freezing middle of nowhere. They spy lights on in a log cabin and go inside, seeking shelter from the storm.
They