I remember the first time I held you. So tiny, so fragile. Your eyes were wide with unshakable curiosity as you explored your new home for the very first time. You were everything I could’ve ever asked for. I could deal with all the gross things to come, but
CULTURE
A P.I. walks down a dark, smoky alley, taking a shortcut on the way to a seedy speakeasy. As he walks down, raindrops from this morning’s monsoon fall to the black cobblestone path. The only light coming from the P.I.’s $10 cigarette which he sparks under
As winds dance violently with my hair – I catch my mind wandering far and near – miss take my thoughts away from me – my country my soul desires to be – home Again, my mother’s arms embracing – my Eyes full of tears, my heart racing – heart Which I feel flooding with
This may be what kills me. In that moment Xanus could control nothing but his thoughts and if he could have moved his lips, he would’ve begged for it to not be his last. After everything he’d been through, for this to be the way he died seemed
I have barely seen you these past few years, but there are holes in my heart that belong to you. And memories marked with your name in the buzz of my head. Do you remember my phone number from when we were kids? I want to call home. But the
OPINION
The Song of the Forever Rains by E. J. Mellow is a charming book to read when you want a simple romantasy without too much complication and to gain an actually nice, generic book boyfriend. It is the first book in a trilogy revolving around the Mousai, otherwise known as
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The other night I got to see UOW perform a play called Saved. This was not an original UOW production, rather it was an adaption of Edward Bond’s Saved (1965). As it says on the UOW performances listing, Edward Bond tragically passed away during the first week of UOW’
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Last weekend I saw the Illawarra Performing Art Centre (IPAC) have a stab at adapting American Psycho. The IPAC’s version – which is sadly no longer showing – was musical theatre, and I left the auditorium feeling elated by all the cool critiques about contemporary society, nodding profusely like a pointy-headed
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Action! Thrills! Mystery! The cinema of yesteryear never dies! Whether you’re running from the 50 foot woman or exploring the final frontiers on the U.S.S. Enterprise, there’ll always be a case to investigate, a monstrous villain to defeat and heroics to be done! Join Mason Horsley
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I actually had a dream like Birdman once, a year or two ago. Instead of a Broadway theatre, it was a school hall and I went through the same motions as Micheal Keaton. I was directing a play with Edward Norton but he was slowly turning the cast against me.
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As a university student, I was fortunate to witness the Sydney musical ‘& Juliet,' a production that breathed new life into a classic story. This modern adaptation of the timeless love story of Romeo and Juliet was not only captivating but also entertaining, offering a fresh and unique perspective.
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Life is a competition, that’s why they call it the “human race”. Everyday, even if you don’t think it, you’re competing. Even on the way to the show, I was thinking “damn it, I should be writing more, everyone else there will be further ahead of me