Mr Bailey’s Minder Ensemble Theatre, 2 August, 2023. Reviewed by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) It’s been quite a few years since I’ve been to the Ensemble Theatre in Kirribilli, and I’d forgotten what an idyllic location it is for a night out, with the lively bar overlooking the still dark waters of Careening Cove. It […]
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The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Ottoman Baroque City Recital Hall, Angel Place – 21 July 2023 Reviewed by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) The Brandenburgs have certainly taken us in a different direction this time. Artistic Director, Paul Dyer, has found his mystical muse in Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, a 13th century Turkish poet and teacher. As […]
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It’s the final few days of the Bondi Festival and the excitement keeps building. After nearly two weeks of singing, dance, theatre, comedy, burlesque and cabaret, the last acts are warming up and getting their makeup and frocks ready for showtime. This week we preview Tash York’s Happy Hour. Tash is on a mission to […]
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The 2023 Bondi Festival launched on a chilly Friday night at the Bondi Pavilion. The iconic ferris wheel and ice rink have returned and 16 days of arts, theatre, cabaret, dance and markets are ready to go. After a launch that included a performance of indigenous dance, the Waverley Art Prize Winner was announced. Carolyn […]
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After her sellout 2022 show, Onstage Dating, multi Award winning actor, writer and director Bron Batten brings her one hander, Waterloo, to the 2023 Bondi Festival. The premise of the show was inspired by a previous relationship. Bron asks what happens when a lefty, Greens-voting, almost-vegan theatre artist dates a right-wing, cigar-smoking Margaret Thatcher-loving Tory soldier. Opposites […]
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Get ready for all the news from the 2023 Bondi Festival Bondi Beach is gearing up for its annual winter celebration with the iconic ferris wheel and ice skating rink. The Festival is jam packed with music, art, comedy, theatre and so much fun and entertainment for all ages. The Festival opening weekend features a […]
The Grand Electric, Redfern – Wednesday 14 June 2023 Reviewed by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Sans doute, this was the most fun I’ve had at the theatre in a long time. The team at Strut & Fret delivered a high energy, champagne-fuelled night of hilarious, death-defying, sexy, raunchy cabaret. With the reference in the title, […]
The Churchie Emerging non acquisitive Art Prize founded by the Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane in 1987 has since sought to identify and profile rising artistic talent. This year’s winner of the $15,000 prize is Sydney based artist Joel Sherwood Spring. Joel talks to Arts Wednesday about his winning work Diggermode (2022) which is being […]
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Dr. Louise Marshall is Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Art History at the University of Sydney. She is an internationally renowned expert on Italian Renaissance art and has published extensively on the subject. In this weeks program Dr Marshall talks about a guided tour she will conducting in that most Renaissance of Italian […]
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Arts Wednesday continues our exploration of the Nicholson Collection at the Universty of Sydney’s Chau Chak Wing Museum. Once again we are fortunate enough to meet with Archeologist and Assistant Curator, Candace Richards. This time Candace takes us on an amazing journey through the Museum’s ancient Italian Collection. The collection dates back to c.1000 B.C., beginning […]
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Idris Murphy. Backblocks. Survey exhibition of works. S. H. Ervin Gallery. On now until Sunday, 26 March, 2023. Reviewed by Anthony Frater (Arts Wednesday) Idris Murphy was born in Sydney in 1949 and graduated from Sydney’s National Art School in 1971. After receiving a succession of awards culminating in the Australian Arts Council Special Travel Scholarship […]
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Dhopiya Yunupiŋu currently has her first solo exhibition at Sullivan & Strumpf Galleries in Zetland, with works on bark and ceramics. Arts Wednesday chats to Will Stubbs, co-ordinator at the Buku Larrŋgay Mulka Art Centre in Yirrkala. Will tells us about the history of the Yolnu people in Yirrkala. It is a story of dispossession and […]