When you march, walk, amble, whatever … in the parade it is a long evening. The group I was with was called at 5pm and our float left the marshalling area at 10.03pm. So here’s how it goes when 12,5000 …
CONFESSIONS OF A MORMON BOY is very theatrically presented. A theatricality that is informed by the bible-thump of proselyting and the leftover shame of “unholy, impure practices”. You can hurl the boy out of the Mormons but that eager-to-please-ness is …
Tired feet and rainbows everywhere that’s Mardi Gras FAIR DAY. With over 200 stalls, Fair Day is a free event spread out through Victoria Park and it is a joyous start to Mardi Gras Season. This year’s theme is …
“Being an artist you have to abandon any notion of things making sense.” Maria Irene Fornes makes this comment late in the film despite living with Alzheimer’s disease. It is fascinating to observe Fornes’ openness, thoughtful insights and …
The Sydney premiere of THE MOORS by Jen Silverman and directed by Kate Gaul, looms darkly through the fog before its opening to previews on February 7.
After being lured by mysterious letters, Emilie takes the position of governess in …
As the three generations of women meet for the weekend there are obviously some topics that are “forbidden”. ‘What ifs’ is right up there. Along with the perils of too much drinking, smoking and wallowing in grief and …
As the list of the deceased keeps moving up the screen and the unmistakable sound of the dot matrix printer shows no signs of stopping, the strings double down on the emotional content in the confronting beginning of BUDDIES. From …
On Saturday 9th February, the much-loved LGBTQI+ storytelling night, Queerstories, is heading West to Riverside Theatres for one night only as part of the 2019 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
Writer, producer and theatremaker, Maeve Marsden, will …
POSTCARDS FROM LONDON is stylish, smart and sexy. It is also garish … but never Gaudi. The topic, you see, is art. Paintings and literature and desire. With every frame a frameable image and beauty abounding in the environments and …
I MISS YOU WHEN I SEE YOU is a marvellous film and my favourite so far of the offerings for Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival. Sad and soulful and conflicted, it grips the viewer with a combination of empathy …