Recorder virtuoso, Genevieve Lacey and Salon de Refusés preview

Genevieve Lacey is Australia’s pre-eminent recorder virtuoso. She chats to Paul about her upcoming online concert with harpist, Marshall McGuire, entitled Bower. The concert is inspired by the bower bird, and strives to create sanctuaries in these unusual times. Originally planned as a recording project (Bower CD recently released on ABC Classics), it has been […]

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Preview: The Bondi Festival 25 June – 11 July

With the Bondi Festival  about to open and the Pavilion still a construction site, Festival co-director Phil Spencer is busy locking in alternate venues for this year’s performances. The iconic ice rink and ferris wheel will be situated close by to the Pavillion, affording aerial views of the renovations. With over 30 events on the […]

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6thC BC mummy meets 21stC technology at the Chau Chak Wing Museum.

Anthony talks to Candace Richards, Archeologist and Curator of the Nicholson Collection, which now features at the University of Sydney’s new museum, The Chau Chak Wing Museum. The University’s entire collection is now under one roof: The Art Collection , The  Macleay and Nicholson Collections. Candace  talks us through the Nicholson Collection beginning with objects […]

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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