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Intact: contemporary dance; Lisa Tesoriero artist; Short + Sweet ticket giveaway

Posted on May 18, 2021

Fuser Production is a new company and their debut work, Intact, is set to open in Redfern on Wednesday 26 May. Paul chats to founder, Cecile Playet, and co-deviser and performer, Steve Lu, about this contemporary dance work based on the story of a soldier returning from war. The work combines character, movement, music and story […]

Review: Lina Tesoriero’s Musings at the Waverley Library Galleries

Posted on May 14, 2021 (June 5, 2023)

Lina Tesoriero – The Waverly Library Galleries, 14-27 May 2021 Reviewed by Anthony Frater of Arts Wednesday Local Bondi artist Lina Tesoriero’s exhibition and sale entitled Musings, is on now at Waverley Library Galleries until 27 May. Lina has been included in a number of group shows, but this is her first solo show. The […]

Review: Claudel at the Playhouse Theatre.

Posted on May 2, 2021 (June 5, 2023)

Claudel – Sydney Opera House, Saturday 1 May Reviewed by Paul Neeson From the opening set of drab painters’ drapes and simple paint-stained wooden furniture, Claudel didn’t promise a colour-filled vibrant theatre piece, but the story of French sculptor, Camille Claudel is one of immense sadness and unfulfilled promise. Maybe writer/director Wendy Beckett’s vision is […]

Sculptor, Camille Claudel celebrated in new theatre production; and Shaun Gladwell retrospective

Posted on April 18, 2021 (March 22, 2023)

The tragic life of French sculptor, Camille Claudel is celebrated in a new production at the Sydney Opera House this month. Her prodigious talents went mostly unrecognised during her lifetime in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Paris. Renowned sculptor, Auguste Rodin became her teacher and lover. Her best known work is the […]

Bondi artist, Jacob Pedrana & the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs’ new home in Walsh Bay

Posted on April 5, 2021

Paul visited the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs new facilities at Pier 4/5 Walsh Bay to talk to Artistic Director, Brett Weymark and General Manager, Hannah Mason. The Walsh Bay Arts Precinct refurbishment is an ongoing project of the NSW State Government that is turning the area into a major tourist destination, positioned between Barangaroo and Circular […]

Review: the work of local artist Jacob Pedrana

Posted on April 5, 2021 (June 5, 2023)

Jacob Pedrana – Bondi local artist Review by Anthony Frater (Arts Wednesday) It’s about colour, it’s about movement, metaphors, man and beast, it’s also about art and expressionist painting. Emerging expressionist painter and sculptor, Jacob Pedrana, hails from the Noosa hinterland in Queensland but has lived the last 15 years in Bondi. Lucky us because […]

Review: Artist Profile – Melissa Mladin

Posted on March 10, 2021 (June 5, 2023)

Artist Profile – Melissa Mladin Review by Anthony Frater (Arts Wednesday) It’s like we are looking into the dark internal spaces of someones brain, yes we have X-ray vision. It’s an evolution: evolution and change the aim, stasis the antithesis. An evolution that has taken visual artist and painter Melissa Mladin on an exploratory journey […]

Noel Coward comes to Mardi Gras and artist, Melissa Mladin talks to Arts Monday

Posted on February 20, 2021 (February 22, 2021)

After receiving ‘gay conversion therapy’ shock treatment as a young man, Tim McKew’s career on the stage intensified and became more political. He talks to Paul about his long career as an anarchic cabaret and performance artist that has taken him from the punk scene in Berlin to underground gay venues in Shanghai. He is […]

The Sydney Festival at Carriageworks

Posted on December 19, 2020 (December 22, 2020)

Force Majeure brings a new dance work, The Last Season to Carriageworks as part of the Sydney Festival. Arts Monday chats to dramaturg, Tom Wright about his extensive career and the art of collaboration. This intergenerational conversation stars Pamela Rabe, Paul Capsis and the powerhouse Irish actor Olwen Fouéré, as well as a troupe of 9-14 year […]

Head On Photo Festival comes to Bondi and Paddington

Posted on November 6, 2020 (November 6, 2020)

Head On Photo Festival is an annual event open to local and international photographers, now in its 11th year. Initially they had to reimagine this year’s festival as the world’s 1st online photo festival. However the recent relaxation of COVID restrictions now allows audiences to view the Festival in 25 venues across Sydney. Primary […]

Carriageworks is back with 2 Festivals and a Food Market

Posted on October 17, 2020 (October 18, 2020)

Like a phoenix from the ashes, Carriageworks has risen with a COVID safe program and food market. With the generosity of several philanthropic foundations, the arts and cultural hub is ready to thrill, shock and engage us once more. The Farmers Market was first to begin operating and two exciting festivals are set to go […]

The Magic of Wendy Sharpe. 28th September.

Posted on September 24, 2020

Arts Monday recently caught up with renowned artist Wendy Sharpe as she was painting Women’s Empowerment Mural in Newtown. (cnr Church and Federation St.) Braving the wintery chill, she spoke of the powerful work, its inspiration and the difficulties she had to overcome to complete such a public project. It was more than just an artist […]

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