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Five years ago – two, even – I would have loved Pump Up The Volume. I can picture it almost too clearly – 18 year old Emma, crouched at the video player to fast-forward through the 90s ads on the home-recorded VHS tape her aunt lent her, eyes fixed on the
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The staging and costuming of Lost Words is a true delight. It’s as if Esme and her friends have sprung directly from the page into the real world. Each setting is richly crafted, making use of the Scriptorium’s pigeonholes as shelves, windows, doors, letter boxes, and more.
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UOW Theatre undeniably have a remarkable play on their hands with Chekhov’s Gun. Thought-provoking, well-executed and bold...
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From Bach to Eurovision, music can make us feel a story even when we don’t recognise the words shaping the narrative. Bach and Eurovision may be an odd pairing to use, but the concept of hearing words that we cannot understand isn’t a barrier to feeling the emotion
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There are few directors I consider essential to watch as soon as humanly possible. Tarantino was the first filmmaker on such a list though he is in danger of being removed. Robert Eggers and Ari Aster are recent additions; I firmly believe ‘Nosferatu’ and ‘Beau Is Afraid’ are two of
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‘The Breakfast Club’ is an 80s classic, a high-school drama attempting to appeal to everybody, bridging the gap between cliques and showing that there isn’t that much difference between the people you meet. Everyone has their own strengths as well as their own vulnerabilities, their own confidences and
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Megan Guy, WUSA Education Officer, member of Students for Palestine Students for Palestine have called protests around the country to fight the normalisation of Trump’s America by the Albanese government. As part of this, there will be a protest in Crown st Mall at 2pm on May 24th. #1
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Despite his racist views, we can’t deny H.P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror authors of all time. To this day, directors and screenwriters consistently adapt Lovecraft’s stories into terrifying cinema. His bibliography gave way to adaptations of ‘Colour Out Of Space’, ‘From Beyond’ and ‘Dagon’
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
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The Third Man (1949) dir. Carol Reed “Don't be so gloomy. After all, it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance.
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How far would you go for ego? Marion Potts’s modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s Henry 5 asks this question. After a degrading prank by the French court, the new adolescent king of England sets out to defend his pride through war. Henry 5 explores his unlikely journey to victory