Dragica Jukic lives in Sydney’s Inner West and has a BA (Communications) and Dip Ed (Secondary). She is a high school teacher and has worked in public education for over 20 years. She is always on the lookout for a good book recommendation and an adventure.
Opening Night for Islander was on Thursday evening and the Popsy stage was perfectly intimate for this musical production, blending the realities of remote living with Scottish folk tales to create a mesmerizingly contemporary performance about resilience, courage and …
CURIOUS is a series of talks that aims to spark interest and conversation in a series of wide-range contemporary issues.
On a gorgeous Sydney morning, this event, moderated by Santilla Chingaipe and featuring Atong Atem & Shae O Omonijo, …
CURIOUS is a series of talks that aims to spark interest and conversation in a series of wide-range contemporary issues.
The second talk I attended drew a larger audience, held in the Drama Theatre. The talk, promoting ‘Bonfire of the …
Sami Tamimi’s Garden talk at Sydney Opera House. Pic Ken Leanfore
CURIOUS is a series of talks that aims to spark interest and conversation in a series of wide-range contemporary issues.
With a quick turnaround and a change of pace, …
The deep, crimsoned decadence of the Folio bar was an aptly chosen venue for the Opening Night of THE BLOODY CHAMBER, essentially a one-woman performance based on Angela Carter’s retelling of the classic French folktale, ‘Bluebeard.’ Carter originally published her …
William Shakespeare’s tragic play HAMLET maintains its universal appeal because of its enduring meditation on the human condition. That interest continues, and the psychological impact that Denmark’s rotten events have on Hamlet is now the catalyst for the expressionist adaptation, …
With her first adult novel, WHAT RHYMES WITH MURDER? Penny Tangey transports us to East Melbourne for a tale of books, babies and murder.
It’s a simple enough premise – New mother Frida doesn’t get out as easily anymore and …
Under a dazzling chandelier in an intimately sized room in the Sydney Town Hall, wegathered to enjoy the polka chinata, a near-forgotten Italian dance from the Bolognaregion. Traditionally a courtship ritual, the dance has been revived by Italian creative artist …
The Sydney Festival’s celebration of Art’s capacity to connect, delight, challenge and inspire was on full display last night in EXXY, a dance performance setting the gold standard in accessibility and inclusion. Pre-show access, a breakdown of trigger warnings and …
In the lead up to Christmas, it was nice to escape Sydney’s heat and humidity and enjoy few hours of wholesome escapism watching IRVING BERLIN’S classic musical comedy, HOLIDAY INN. I haven’t watched the 1942 film version starring Bing Crosby …