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Above: Rhonda Burchmore performs the role of Countess Lily Malevsky-Malevitch. Photo credit: Jeff Busby. The latest Broadway expat to hit
THE ADMIRAL CRICHTON AT THE GENESIAN THEATRE
Above : Full cast production shot My introduction to J.M. Barrie’s The ADMIRAL CRICHTON was thanks to the 1957 version
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After a whirlwind national tour and a chorus of critical acclaim, the high-flying, five-star hit La Ronde has returned to The
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With the Mushroom Kingdom now being safely guarded by Mario and Luigi (voiced again by Chris Pratt and Charlie Day) and Bowser (voiced again by Jack Black) still stuck
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CALLE MALAGA is a sun-kissed portrait of aging filled with nostalgia, humour, and hope. Legendary actress Carmen Maura (Pedro Almodóvar’s frequent collaborator) stars as María, a spirited 79-year-old Spaniard who has spent her
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After 35 years as Australia’s leading First Nations performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre moved last year from their residence of 20 years, the Drama Theatre at the Sydney Opera
TWISTED ELEMENTS COMPANY : AURA MECHANICA ON 6 MARCH 2026
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
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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
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This was truly a night of choral and instrumental splendor honouring the spirit of Bach and Handel and baroque music generally while celebrating the vital work of Australia’s leading early
TICKET GIVEAWAY : AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA : CHORAL SPLENDOUR ORCHESTRA AT CITY RECITAL HALL
This April, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra reunites choir and orchestra for Choral Splendour, a jubilant and uplifting celebration of Baroque music at its most exhilarating. Led by Artistic Director Paul
GREGG ARTHUR FAREWELL CONCERT AT AVALON BOWLO
This was only the second time I’ve been present at a jazz concert at Avalon Bowlo, following the Joy Yates/Dave MacRae gig on Wed Jan 7, and it confirmed in
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Above: (l-r) sopranos Camilla Wright and Lana Kains performed with buffa excellence in the opera and Singspiel by Salieri and Mozart. This and featured photos: Rosa Doric. What better
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2026 Opera Australia continue celebrating 70 years of arts and entertainment with Phantom of the Opera on Sydney Harbour. In perfect timing, The Phantom itself is celebrating 40 years
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Opera Australia has dug into the library and revived its 2014 production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin by Danish Director Kasper Holten. Holten showed early promise in his career and, at
ERROL FLYNN: FOLLOW THAT CAD!
Follow that cad! Patricia A. O’Brien’s ERROL FLYNN seeks to dig beneath the American myth of Errol Flynn to uncover the Australian man, tracing the odyssey from his Hobart birth
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“The internet is the fiery bowels of hell.” says a major character in Sarah Bailey’s latest thriller, CLICK. Set in the first month of 2020 just before the catastrophe of
THE SHARK: BITE THE BAIT
All men are rapacious. That’s the spear gun point in the shape shifting narrative, THE SHARK, by Emma Styles. She proclaims she writes Australian crime fiction about young women taking
THE 25TH BIENNALE OF SYDNEY TILL 14 JUNE 2026
Featured image : Artist Chang Em Man. Pic Ben Apfelbaum One of the advantages of attending the media preview to the Biennale is that you are transported to far flung
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In my opinion this is one of the best exhibitions’ that the Art Gallery of New South Wales has held in the last twelve months. Firstly, because it is an
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Above photo : Japanese born and Korean raised artist Ema Shin whose work is being exhibited as part of the 25th Biennale of Sydney On 10 March, I attended the