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michael buble serenades sydney

Michael Buble, to contagious audience anticipation, opened his concert in Sydney last Friday by cruising out from his curtain alone and singing a wonderful rendition of “Fever”. His interpretation of all his songs by other artists were just as powerful …

Literature, Music

abba-the official photo book

Third ImageFrom Hardie Grant, the Abba-dabba-do official photo book, ABBA.
This chronological photo album is a coffee table tribute to the band that created adolescent boy and girl crushes through a series of wholesomely sexy video clips shot by Lasse Hallstrom.…

Theatre

eight gigabytes of hardcore pornography

This frank photo by Brett Boardman, one of Sydney’s leading stage photographers, of Steven Rodgers and Andrea Gibbs, gets to the heart, the essence, of the Griffin Theatre’s current production, Declan Greene’s, EIGHT GIGABYTES OF HARDCORE PORNOGRAPHY, far more than …

Opera

because i said so

Harbour City Opera’s Mother’s Day concert used superb and passionately blended ingredients with which to bake us intensely flavoured delights. BECAUSE I SAID SO was a well-packaged and marketable concept. A crowd-pleaser with champagne, show bags and afternoon tea, it …

Cinema

child’s pose

When the speeding motorist’s car hit the 14-year-old boy at some 150 kmh, the body flew up 26 metres in the air before hitting the ground. This parabola foreshadows the emotional journey taken by the motorist’s mother, Cornelia, in CHILD’S …

Theatre

mothers

Vast and complex threads of memories arise when the subject of motherhood is brought to light.

Mothers are universal nurturers driven by unconditional love, and yet they are sometimes neglected, misunderstood or just too tired to cope.

The play MOTHERS …

Theatre

parramatta girls

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This extraordinary, disturbing and challenging play storms defiantly onto the small stage of the Lennox at Parramatta. This play received its premiere production back at the inner city Belvoir theatre in 2007.

Playwright Alana Valentine has skillfully woven together true …

Theatre

truth, beauty and a picture of you

 

Everyone who adores the music of Tim Freedman and The Whitlams, should see this new musical with a strong autobiographical bent: TRUTH, BEAUTY AND A PICTURE OF YOU.

The long anticipated musical, TRUTH, BEAUTY AND A PICTURE OF YOU, …

Classical Music

avi avital with the abo

One does not usually think of the mandolin as a classical music concert solo instrument, but this magical concert will change your mind.

Israeli virtuoso Avi Avital takes the mandolin to new heights, playing both established Baroque repertoire and finding …

Theatre

the silence came

By its very nature, the world of theatre encourages theatremakers to come up with bold, expansive, romantic ideas.

A creative artist working in many different fields, Duncan Maurice has aimed high, with his play, THE SILENCE CAME. Every recent Monday …

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