Author pic : Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Straight out of the chute, the writing is exuberant with author Montefiore using his novelist ability to introduce a regional ruler through a telling contradiction that an autocrat could be an opera enthusiast, …
TWELVE ANGRY ACTORS, not to be confused with the classic movie Twelve Angry Men, is built around a dilemma that a cast of an independent theatre company face.
The company is well in to their rehearsal period for their …
Above :Claudia Elbourne and Lilian Alejandra Velverde in Snowflake at the Ensemble theatre
We are all labelled now by generation gaps and generational demographic breakdowns; Post-WWII Baby Boomers, Generation X (Gen X 1965-1980),Millennials (Gen Y 1981-1996), Gen Z (Zoomers 1997-2012), …
Suzie Miller’s plays are a gift to Australian audiences and Women’s stories. Prima Facie and Inter Alia, her first plays (and books), are all International successes.
With this new play, Strong is the New Pretty, she seeks to …
The Genesian Theatre Company is up and running, completing their season for 2026 with a locally translated version of the world renowned play “Yerma” by Federico Garcia Lorca. Last year was tumultuous for the Company as they …
It is was an exciting event when one catches up with a classic literary work that one hasn’t had a chance to read yet. Over the years I have heard a lot about Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek’s satirical novel The …
Ovation to Madeline Flood and Madeleine Wilson for their high energy performance in Megan Sampson’s production of Florence Keith-Roach’s EGGS.
In a tight series of vignettes, these two women navigate a fragile friendship that began at Uni, coursed …
Bernard is planning a romantic weekend with his chic Parisian mistress in his charming converted French farmhouse, whilst his wife, Jacqueline is away. He has arranged for a cordon bleu cook to prepare gourmetdelights, and has invited his best friend, …
Above : NIDA Spring session team. Pic Phil Erbacher
NIDA’s 2026 Spring Season presents four landmark works helmed by acclaimed female
directors Rachael Maza AM, Zindzi Okenyo, Margaret Thanos and Claudia Osborne
and celebrate imagination, innovation and the next generation …
Early in Cirque du Soleil’s KOOZA, that moment when the chaotic noise of the modern world, simply dissolves. As the audience settles under the sweeping striped (grey and white) canvas of the Big Top at Sydney’s Entertainment Quarter, the familiar …