Sydney Arts Guide

Theatre

searching for sugarman

In the late ‘60s, aSUGARMAN-001 minstrel to rival Dylan, going by the one word moniker, Rodriguez, was discovered in a Detroit bar by two celebrated producers, who were struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics. They quickly recorded an …

Literature

petite mort (serpent’s tail)

PETITE MORTThe French film industry just before WWI is the setting of Beatrice Hitchman’s delicious debut novel, PETITE MORT (Serpent’s Tail).

Essentially, it is the back story of a mystery, the sinister incineration of a movie studio in which a recently …

Cinema

the call

THE CALL-002The telephone has been an instrument of terror in movies since SORRY WRONG NUMBER and DIAL M FOR MURDER. Scaring Stanwyck and grossing out Grace. Who could forget the phone fright of  WHEN A STRANGER CALLS or PHONE BOOTH? Poor …

Theatre

joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s groovy Genesis musical can be a tricky chameleon making its way across the desert. It contains back to back changes in musical style. Directors are challenged to draw countless caricatures. There are also shifting …

Theatre

they’re playing our song

“It was lovely” exclaimed one of the 200 grey brigade as she left the Theatre Royal on Friday night. THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG was more than lovely, it was very entertaining.

The plot is simple enough, loosely based on the

Theatre

the tipsy rabbit

If you’ve ever pondered why Richard Cartwright once posed online as a character named, ‘Rusta Banana’, or asked what Caitlin Park’s least favourite word is, the inaugural Tipsy Rabbit may just have been the most informative night you’ve attended this

Music

joan armatrading in concert

JOAN ARMATRADING (as you’ll see on Wikipedia). is “a three-time Grammy Award – nominee and has been nominated twice for Brit Awards as Best Female Artist. She also received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection in 1996.

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