you don’t have to be jewish : classic jewish humour
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In these turbulent times we could sure use a good laugh or two. So, have I got a show for you! You Don’t Have to be Jewish is based on the legendary 1964 hit album of the same name …
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sydney opera house turns fifty
When someone turns fifty they usually receive jubilee gifts. However on the opening weekend of the 21st and 22nd October it was the Sydney Opera House that gave us gifts.
As we waited in the foyer young thespians in tshirts …
the dive : suspense at its best : ten double passes
In THE DIVE, it seemed to be just a perfect day for a dive. Clear sight, stable weather and an incredible, reclusive spot. Drew and May, two sisters that share a close and complex bond, are excited: both experienced, …
the origin of evil: it’s all in the family
An opening shot of a communal shower locker room gives the assumption of a female penitentiary in THE ORIGIN OF EVIL.
Turns out it is the changing room of a fish processing plant which is run like a prison with …
the healing: may the horse be with you
May the horse be with you.
The healing force of the horse is forelock and centre in Award-winning filmmaker Nick Barkla’s timely and moving documentary THE HEALING.
THE HEALING explores a unique life-saving veteran welfare program that brings traumatised …
sso : daniel de borah performs mozart @city recital hall
Above : Piano soloist for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 17, Daniel De Borah. Photo credit: Darren James. Featured image: Condutor fofr this concert: Umberto CLerici.
Australian pianist Daniel De Borah recently joined an intimate group of musicians from Sydney Symphony …
sydney opera house celebrates 50 years
Over this weekend, the Sydney Opera House is welcoming thousands of visitors behind-the-scenes for its first open day in eight years, coinciding with the building’s 50th birthday.…
a little night music @ the hayes
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC is a lovely work. The storyline, inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s movie Smiles Of A Summer Night, which was inspired by Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer’s Night Dream’ appeals with its expansive, multi-angled take on love and relationships, engages …
dymocks literary lunch : robyn davidson : unfinished woman
Robyn Davidson was a popular guest of a recent Dymocks Literary Lunch, judging by the size of the audience.
As a frequent guest interviewer, Philip Clark skilfully drew out from Davidson the more salient aspects of her memoir entitled …
killers of the flower moon: epic scorsese
Martin Scorsese’s latest epic, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON begins with a peace pipe being buried.
Symbolically unsubtle, but then there is nothing subtle about genocide.
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON is an historical tale yet very much a modern …