take this waltz

TAKE THIS WALTZ (M) takes its title from the Leonard Cohen song, which itself was taken from Lorca. It is not, however, some slavish cinematic illustration of the lyrics, rather a thematically entwined rumination of romantic love.

Margot, played by

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a royal affair

King Christian VII of Denmark would rather be an actor than a monarch. Statutes are given short shrift but whole screeds of Shakespeare are committed to memory- although something is rotten in the state of Denmark does not rank; indeed

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the nutcracker on ice- reviewer esther rothfield

The Imperial Ice Stars feature in a stunning production of the Nutcracker Suite Ballet performed as ‘The Nutcracker on Ice,’ at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney. This ballet is based on a story by E.T.A. Hoffman, modified by Dumas and then

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monsieur lazhar

One of the highlights of the closing weekend of the Sydney Festival is MONSIEUR LAZHAR, a Canadian GOODBYE MR CHIPS by way of TO SIR WITH LOVE.

Nominated in this year’s Oscars as best foreign language film, this concise and

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sydney film film festival 2012 preview

The Sydney Film Festival opened with the smartly surprising funny and sassy Australian feature NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN, at the stupendously stately STATE THEATRE.

The feature film debut of Peter Templeman, whose short film THE SAVIOUR was nominated for an

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dance meets music- solo series 2012

For one night only, Jun4, 2012, a most exciting program of five short new works was presented at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music by You Move and the Conservatorium, ‘ Dance Meeets Music : Solo Series 2012 ‘ .

Kay

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great expectations

Audiences at the inner city Genesian Theatre are currently enjoying Roger Gimblett’s entertaining world premiere production of his stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic novel GREAT EXPECTATIONS.

Dickens’s novel sweeps across a large period of time, spanning the life of

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be yourself

This very exciting, rather futuristic work is an enquiry by Garry Stewart, artistic director of Australian Dance Theatre, into the nature of the ‘I’ and the various blurred relationships between the concept of the self in our minds as well

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under milk wood

This beautiful production of UNDER MILK WOOD profiles the dreams and lives and aspirations of the inhabitants of Llareggub – a Welsh fishing village.

The Narrator, Jack Thompson, First Voice, welcomes the audience to the dreams of the various folk

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the piano diaries

Actress and singer-songwriter Joanna Weinberg returned to Camelot on Sunday 27 May with her acclaimed show THE PIANO DIARIES. THE PIANO DIARIES is the story of Joanna’s life written on the piano, instead of in a diary.

Her father, a

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