After a sold-out premiere at Sydney's Belvoir St Theatre, Scenes from the Climate Era is making waves once again – this time at our very own Illawarra Performing Arts Centre. The acclaimed work by playwright David Finnigan is anything but conventional: a fast-moving show of over fifty mini-acts that
”Like all of Shakespeare’s writing, Henry Vis so rich that it resonates differently for audiences at different times and under different circumstances. Young men inherit such strong expectations about masculinity and their role as ‘men.’ I’m fascinated by these pressures, and by the humanity at the very core
Dracula was the very first classic I ever read, at the ripe age of 12, so it has a very special place in my heart. Reading it again at 20, I realise how beautifully written and absolutely horrifying it is – not in a vampire-y ‘I want to suck your blood’
SERENA: Can you briefly talk about the show Pirates of Penzance? MAXWELL: So, the character I play is Frederic in Pirates of Penzance which is a musical written by Gilbert and Sullivan way back in the late 1800s. This is an adaptation of that, so it's been sort
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Descartes’ Meditation on First Philosophy René Descartes wrote against scepticism in the 17th century in his most famous text Meditations. Scepticism is a school of thought that demands the questioning of absolutely everything. Nothing can be what it seems because there is always a logical loophole or a catch to
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Media Centre for Education Research Australia says that kids in school aren’t telling their parents about their experiences around bullying. Recent data as part of News Corp's 2025 Great Australian Parent Survey says that 50% of parents report that their child has suffered due to bullying before
Merrigong Theatre Company presents The Queen’s Nanny at the IPAC theatre from the 16th to the 19th of October. I had the pleasure of speaking with director, Priscilla Jackman where we spoke about the story and context of the play in a short interview. Here’s what I found:
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On the 4th of September 2024, UOW students held the university’s first Student General Meeting for Palestine liberation. In preparation for this historic event, students posted videos, handed out flyers and put up banners to spread the news of the SGM. At 2:30pm, around 150 students, too many
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Merrigong presents Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap at the IPAC from the 5th - 15th September. I had the pleasure of attending on opening night and the performance quite literally had me at the edge of my seat the whole time. The stage was lavishly set as a 1950s living
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I recently had the privilege of attending "Jurrungu Ngan-Ga [Straight Talk]," a powerful dance and theatre performance at the IPAC Merrigong Theatre. This thought-provoking show combined evocative dance with poignant acting to address the harrowing experiences of wrongly imprisoned Indigenous Australians, while also touching on the broader themes
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Donné Restom, a Central-Coast-based playwright, storyteller, singer and mum, presents two new productions at the Sydney Fringe Festival this week. ‘Kink in the Tale: Storytelling for Grownups’ – a collection of stories about sex, intimacy and our kinky quirks told live on stage and ‘Everyone in my family is dead or
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MERRIGONGX Theatre Company presents A Place in the Sultan’s Kitchen from the 8th to 10th of August at the IPAC. See the end of the article for information on tickets. Singer-songwriter and theatre-maker Joshua Hinton retells stories, passed down through generations and around the globe whilst cooking a loved