Over 30 professional theatre productions, as writer, producer or director, including La Mama Melbourne, Holden Street Theatre Adelaide, 707 Theatre Redfern Sydney, Tap Gallery Sydney, Teatrul Municipal Bacovia Bacau Romania, Inculise Bucharest Romania,People’s Theatre Sofia Bulgaria, Old Fitzroy Sydney, Art Gallery of NSW, Powerhouse Museum and National Gallery of Canberra. Video programs have been broadcast on ABC, SBS, Foxtel and New Zealand television, and screenings at NSW Art Gallery, National Gallery of Canberra, South Australia Art Gallery, S.H.Erwin Gallery, Holden Theatre Adelaide, Wollongong Art Gallery, Thirroul Excelsior, Project Gallery Wollongong, and other public venues. Commissions by Art Gallery of NSW.
Sponsorships by Peabody Energy, IMB Bank, Lawrence Hargrave Centre, Anzac Commemorative Fund. Lecturer in media and communications at University of Western Sydney, University of Wollongong, Notre Dame University and University of New South Wales. Editor of Southern Semiotic Review journal.
The show’s fitout (Daisy Hughes) of the small Actors Pulse space with its layout constraints worked well. The show felt seamless, and doors and spaces blended with direction (Rebecca McNamee) that was adroit throughout the piece. …
Two Blood
Australian Dance Theatre
Carriageworks August 14
Review by Geoffrey Sykes
It was good to see a program from Australian Dance Theatre, with their longstanding commitment not only to a high standard of contemporary dance, but to narrative framing …
I had no expectations when going to see this show, but after seeing it I was glad I did. As the main creative and director Ryan Aktins should be proud, as should the ensemble who as a whole contributed to …
Elden Ring
Symphonic Adventure
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Benjamin Northey
Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. and Overlook Events
Sydney Opera House
Saturday 14 March
There was a lot to enjoy about the latest Symphonic film presentation by the Sydney Symphony …
At 6pm there was a queue of people – maybe 100 – stretching half a block down Clarence Street waiting to enter the Machine Hall for the performance of AURA MECHANICA by Twisted Element Company. There seemed something grunge …
WAYFINDER recontextualises contemporary dance. It presents a visceral argument and affirmation for the human condition, both generally and in the apparently current strife torn times. Born in the constraints of Covid, the choreographic couple Amber Haines and Kyle …
A dance party for the end of time. May it never end. What a blast. Move over contemporary dance – the Inter Asian mob are in town.
The creator Eun-Me Ahn (also Artistic Directior, Choreographer, Set and Costume Designer) explains …
At first one might think that the title of the Australian Ballet’s contemporary dance program, PRISM, refers to the structure of the work, both in its three separate works and overall. This is undoubtedly, to a large degree, correct. Not …
This show is written by Amani Mahmoud, and produced and directed by Kersherka Sivakumaran, and based on first hand experiences of a survivor of domestic violence in a traditional Indian family. The script has three parts, each about 15 minutes, …
Ekletlika is a 12 voice ensemble who have stretched conventions of choral music, finding associations in pop, classical, liturgical and media contexts. They have shown admirable use of differing venues – historical, liturgical and well as theatrical – and also …