
THREE SISTERS AT FLIGHT PATH : THE CHEKHOV EXPERIENCE
Four stars. This is a powerful adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s classic play THREE SISTERS. Whilst there is some platitudinous humour

Improbable Fiction
Castle Hill Players have opened their 2025 season with Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy Improbable Fiction. As the author of over 90

Wally by Nick Vagne at KXT Broadway
Above : Madison Chippendale in Nick Vagne’s WALLY at KXT Broadway Rating : Four stars Power, greed, manipulation, paedophilia,

TICKET GIVEAWAY : SYDNEY PREMIERE SCREENING : THE LAST JOURNEY @ HAYDEN ORPHEUM CREMORNE
This road movie by popular Swedish TV hosts and journalists Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson, sees the duo take Hammar’s father Lars on a road trip to France. Lars has

PRESENCE: IT HARBOURS VIEWS : FIVE IN SEASON DOUBLE PASSES
r It harbours views. It’s there before the family moves in. It witnesses the family’s most intimate, inharmonious, uncomfortable moments. It navigates the family’s new house at supernatural speed. It

ANTENNA: FESTIVAL MAKING WHOOPEE
Nostalgia has always been what it used to be. Warm and fuzzy reminiscence, a reminder, mostly pleasant, of times past and the legacy that has left he present. Such is

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

TORVILL AND DEAN SKATE IN TO TOWN FOR A BRIEF VISIT
This is one of those events that add a light touch to the week in, week out slog of journalism. Ben and I drove across to Sydney’s Ice Zoo in

SALUT BAROQUE: ‘MUSIC TO CELEBRATE’ AT SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC
Above: (l-r) Salut! Baroque members John Ma, Julia Russionello, Isiah Bondfield, Brad Tham,Monika Kornel and Tim Blomfield. (Performance photo from Canberra concert). Featured image: visiting recorder player, Anna Stegmann.

REVIEW: NOT DROWNING, WAVING AND GEORGE TELEK’S TABARAN
Released in 1990, Tabaran by Not Drowning, Waving (NDW) and George Telek remains a landmark collaboration that melds atmospheric world music with the rich cultural heritage of Papua New Guinea

SYDNEY FESTIVAL: EMMA PASK LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA: COSITA DIVINA- 22 JAN
Rating : Five stars What a treat it was to hear Emma Pask reprise her ARIA-nominated album Cosita Divina on its 10th anniversary, celebrating the sounds and inspiration of

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

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE | OPERA AUSTRALIA
4 ½ stars The Joan Sutherland Theatre had a full house last night for the 2025 opening night of Opera Australia’s “The Barber of Seville” by Rossini. With a big

SYDNEY FESTIVAL: SIEGFRIED AND ROY-THE UNAUTHORISED OPERA
Above: Christopher Tonkin as Siegfried and Kanen Breen as Roy. Photo credit: Neil Bennett. Featured image: Jacquie Manning. Opera is a special storytelling option with which to bring us a

ORBITAL: BOOKER PRIZE WINNER
Sleep mutinies. Caught in the gravitational pull of Samantha Harvey’s ORBITAL, sleep cedes sovereignty to reading in this dream like odyssey of six souls, spinning around the globe, observing both

GUTSY GIRLS: LOVE, POETRY & SISTERHOOD
Taking its title from a track from The Fiery Maze, the rock opera her sister Dorothy Porter and Tim Finn collaborated on, Josie McSkimming’s memorable memoir is a

LISA GENOVA : MORE OR LESS MADDY : A VERY SATISFYING READ
Four stars This is an absorbing story of Maddy, a young woman in her first year of university, with all its accompanying stresses. Sometimes she’s erratic and moody, and feels

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

THE NATIONAL ART SCHOOL ANNOUNCES THE FINALISTS FOR THE 24TH DOBELL DRAWING PRIZE
Above image : Jennifer Mills, Head in hands , 2023, watercolour and pencil on paper, image courtesy and © the artist The National Art School (NAS) has announced the