First the British made ‘The Full Monty’ and now there’s ‘Calendar Girls’. Whilst ‘The Full Monty’ was a work of fiction, ‘Calendar Girls’ was based on real life. A group of middle-aged Yorkshire women, part of a local women’s institute,
The launching pad for ‘Intolerable Cruelty’ was the cynicism of modern Western society, particularly in regards to marriage. This was a duel between two strong sparring partners, Catherine and George.
Catherine is a gold digging woman, forever chasing guys to
There were rich pickings in the American film ‘Seabiscuit’. One can only wonder why it received an M rating, because it fitted well into the family movie genre. Well, after all, the film was produced by the Disney company, Dreamworks.
One of the leading French directors, Francois Ozon (‘Under the Sands’, ‘8 Femmes’), has made another provocative film for his first English language film, ‘Swimming Pool’.
Charlotte Rampling, the star of ‘Under the Sands’ plays the main role of Sarah,
Annie Mary is a young Welsh woman who has always ‘done it hard’…she lost her mother early…her father doesn’t love her and dominates her…and there doesn’t seem much of a future for her.
She tries hard but nothing comes easy
The American film ‘Laurel Canyon’ was an absorbing film. It asked of its main characters a question that I guess is put to all of us during our lives. How do we find that delicate balance between the need for
Soul Tribe Theatre Company’s production of Reze De Wet’s ‘African Gothic’ was a grim night in the theatre.
Set on a desolate rural farm in South Africa, ‘African Gothic’ follows the lives of an orphaned brother and sister who have
One of Australia’s finest actors, Henri Szeps, performed his latest his latest play, ‘Why Kids’, at the Ensemble theatre. Szeps is one of the Ensemble’s favorite sons, being one of its early graduates, under the tutorage of the late Hayes
This counts as the second time that I have seen the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Michael Frayn’s play ‘Copenhagen’, and it still rates as a knockout.
Frayn’s play hangs on a meeting that is purported to have taken place
The new play at the Ensemble Theatre was the American play ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ by Los Angeles playwright David Lindsay-Abaire.
The play tells the story of sixteen year old Kimberly (Melissa Jaffer) who is a 16 year old teenager who faces