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Review: UOW Theatre's Chekhov's Gun
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 Longing to Love - A Vocalist's Passion
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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The Phoenician Scheme - Film Review Friday
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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Bender Is The Breakfast Club - A Film Review Friday Theory
‘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 insecurities.
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Three reasons to attend the May 24th National Day of Protest to Cut Ties with Trump’s America
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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The Re-Animator Trilogy - Film Review Friday
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’
Violette Ayad: The Climate Age?
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
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The Third Man - Film Review Friday
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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Marian Potts’s 'Henry 5': Who Witnesses History?
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
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'Anti-Fascists: Jim McNeill and His Mates in the Spanish Civil War' – A Review
Anti-Fascists: Jim McNeill and His Mates in the Spanish Civil War by Michael Samaras/ Foreward by Rodney Cavalier For my father, a sensitive young man from a largely conservative-voting family, the Spanish Civil War was not about ideology. It was never a question of ‘left’ versus ‘right’ or even ‘socialism’
The Last Showgirl - Film Review Friday
I think I should start this review with a confession: I have not, in fact, seen the first fifteen minutes of The Last Showgirl. I wish I had, but the truth is that when it first started at the cinema that night, I wasn’t there yet. Hadn’t even