SCENE THEATRE SYDNEY’S WORLDS ALIVE 2025 PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
Above : Performer Charles Mayer Carol Dance’s Scene Theatre Sydney’s inaugural WORLDS ALIVE 2025 play festival took place last weekend
THE GLASS MENAGARIE AT THE ENSEMBLE THEATRE : PRISMATIC
Tennessee Williams THE GLASS MENAGERIE is like a perfectly composed music score. This is the way I, and no
FIVE KINGS, FIVE STARS: “THE PLAYER KINGS” ADAPTATION BY DAMIEN RYAN FOR SPORT FOR JOVE
Bravo, Damien Ryan! 5 stars This production lays bare the madness of kings and kingmakers, revealing power plays and politics
CENSORSHIP IN AUSTRALIA 1917-2025 MOVIE FILMS
AUSTRALIAN FILM CENSORSHIP TIMELINE 1917-2025 MOVIE FILMS – In Australia, the Commonwealth Film Censorship Board was established in 1917, with the remit – TO CUT or COMPLETELY BAN –
AUSSIE CLASSICS: STREAM THE DREAM
Foxtel Group, in partnership with Brollie, is proud to announce the launch of Aussie Classics, a brand-new channel dedicated to showcasing the very best of Australia’s cinematic and television heritage.
SNOW WHITE 2025 : DISNEY’S LATEST TAKE ON THE CLASSIC FAIRY TALE
Disney has released plenty of unpopular movies in the past, but their latest film, SNOW WHITE, may be their most egregious example yet. These live-action remakes of their classic animated
BANDALUZIA @ ILLAWARRA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
After seeing Spanish Flamenco featured in films from Baz Lurman’s Strictly Ballroom in 1992 to Salsa in the 2021 film In The Heights the world of Spanish dance
SYDNEY FESTIVAL : THE CHRONICLES AT ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE
‘ THE CHRONICLES is a new work by Australian choreographer Stephanie Lake. It has a lot to enjoy and commend, but also invites some questions. Stephanie utilises the ensemble of
SWAN LAKE ON ICE AT THE SYDNEY COLISEUM THEATRE : TCHAIKOVSKY’S BALLET REFRESHED ON ICE
Just when one might think Swan Lake has reached its expiry date, along comes a complex reset and refresh. SWAN LAKE ON ICE is an unexpectedly grand and satisfying work. With
SCHUBERT’S SWAN SONGS: SSO PRESENTS TRIFONOV AND GOERNE IN RECITAL
So-called swan songs, a creative’s final musical statements, vignettes, or settings of texts are special offerings indeed. The pairing of visiting virtuoso Danil Trifonov with experienced lieder interpreter Matthias Goerne
BACH AKADEMIE AUSTRALIA : THE COUNTERTENORS : BACH’S HOLY SPIRIT @ CITY RECITAL HALL SUNDAY 5 APRIL
THE COUNTERTENOR : BACH’S HOLY SPIRIT @ CITY RECITAL HALL Artists Reginald Mobley – Countertenor Madeleine Easton – Artistic Director Bach Akademie Australia Bach Akademie Australia welcomes its first
‘REFLECTIONS’: WOOLLAHRA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AT ST COLUMBA’S UNITING CHURCH
Three different but loved composers furnished this first well-structured and finely rendered WPO programme for this year. The reflection of these popular composers’ contrasted approaches to musical description, harmony and
OPERA AUSTRALIA: DIDO AND AENEAS AT THE DAME JOAN SUTHERLAND THEATRE
Above: Opera Australia Chorus and Circa Ensemble in Dido & Aeneas. Featured image: CIRCA Ensemble members take flight on the Dida and Aeneas stage. Photo credit: Keith Saunders. A terrific
SEVEN DEADLY SINS & MAHAGONNY SONGSPIEL
Directed by Spark Sanders-Robinson Conducted by Philip Eames Featuring pianist Nathaniel Kong Music by Kurt Weill | Libretto by Bertolt Brecht – 4 Stars The Seven Deadly Sins, composed in
LA TRAVIATA AT SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Opera Australia opened La Traviata last night at the Joan Sutherland Theatre in Sydney Opera House. With a big cruise ship in Circular Quay there were many Americans in the
LOVE UNEDITED: GETS YOU RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE THROAT
“Molly turned page forty of the manuscript, put it face down on the stack and switched off her desk lamp….the pages of the novel had got under her skin and
HELEN SCHEUERER : IRON AND EMBERS : THE ASHES OF THEZMARR BOOK 1
Above : Author pic This fantasy/romance novel centres around Wren, princess of Thezmarr, an alchemist and poisoner, and Torj, a warrior whose bravery is renowned across the Midrealms. These two
THE BOY FROM THE SEA: A GRIPPING RIP ROARING YARN
Mythic, epic, lyrical and alive, THE BOY FROM THE SEA by Garret Carr is a roiling read, rollicking, redolent and robust. Found washed ashore in Donegal Bay like some Moses
MARDI GRAS FAIR DAY 2025
Mardi Gras Fair Day held at Victoria Park is one of there most colourful events on the Sydney arts calendar. A glorious sunny summer’s day made the colours pop on
OCEAN PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2024 EXHIBITION AT THE AUTRALIAN NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
Above image : A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) is released after being tagged and worked up by the SOSF DRC researchers. St. Joseph Atoll, Seychelles. To mark the recent
THE ANNUAL NEPAL FESTIVAL AT TUMBALONG PARK DARLING HARBOUR
The annual Nepal Festival took place in late November at Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour. The majority of the crowd wore traditional Nepalese dress and enjoyed participating in the folkloric dances
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