8 October 2025 Flight Path Theatre, Marrickville Feet First Collective Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) What a powerful solo performance by Samuel Addison as a conflicted gay boxer that had us pinned to the floor for the entire bout. The intimate space of the Flight Path Theatre in Marrickville only heightened the sense of […]
Wednesday 1 October 2025 Seymour Centre Clockfire Theatre Company Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Having reviewed many contemporary dance performances, Ruins could have been devised by Bangarra Dance or Sydney Dance Company, only this theatrical work has a script and dialogue. Equally surprising there is no choreographer or movement director in the cast and […]
Hayes Theatre Review by Jammin’ Saturday Set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Bright Star currently playing at the Hayes Theatre shines with love, vigour, redemption and bluegrass foot tappin’ tunes. The story unfolds through two intertwining narratives of Billy (Cameron Bajraktarevic-Hayward), an aspiring small-town writer back from war service and Alice (Hannah […]
Sydney Opera House From Sept 27 Review by Jammin’ Saturday Bohemian angst and anger in East Village New York during a silent 90’s epidemic with a nod to Puccini’s Parisian La Boheme, RENT has not lost it’s message. Opening this week in the Joan Sutherland Theatre at the Sydney Opera House, this is a strong […]
Review by Léane Debize I’m Uncomfortable is a standup comedy show presented by Sydney Fringe, it’s a 45 minute-long journey around identity, awkward moments and the tension between fitting in and staying true to yourself. Annick Adelle is a New York comedian, born in Paris, and raised in Germany. Annick has played all over America […]
Review by Léane Debize This musical was phenomenal, it was funny, touching and so well-played. It is not often that you get to enter the world of your favorite Netflix show. Presented by Epiphany Arts Theatre Company as part of the Sydney Fringe Festival, this parody musical of the iconic Stranger Things show takes you […]
Review by Léane Debize Last night, I was lucky to witness Upside Down Fantasyland, Troy Rogers is a performer, comedian, poet and singer. Through his awesome One Man Show, he shares his story of trauma, parental abuse, living with his grandmother, substance abuses, and resilience. A beautiful storytelling of emotions, vulnerability, honesty and love. This […]
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Review by Léane Debize I first learned about Anne Frank when my stepdad gifted me her diary many years ago. It was published in 1947 after World War II. In there, she shares her story, the one of a young girl growing up in Europe in the 1930s from going into hiding in Amsterdam with […]
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Thursday 4 September 2025 Sydney Opera House The Australian World Orchestra Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) More words have been written about Gustav Mahler’s 4th and 5th Symphonies than the number of notes in both works combined. Given that they are scored for around 100 musicians and they both last around an hour, that […]
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Tuesday 2 September 2025 Eternity Theatre, Darlinghurst Lewis Major Projects Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Through a series of curious circumstances, Lewis Major went from a future as a sheep shearer in South Australia to becoming a celebrated choreographer. He left the farm to learn dance, but an onstage accident left him unable to […]
King Street Gallery on William Exhibition and sale 26 August – 20 September 2025 Review by Anthony Frater (Arts Wednesday) It always a long awaited treat when a new collection of paintings from Idris Murphy come to market. Idris Murphy was born in Sydney in 1949 and graduated from Sydney’s National Art School in 1971. […]
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Friday 29 August 2025 Seymour Centre Omusubi Productions Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Jizo (地蔵/womb of the earth): stone statues that have a spiritual power for protection and longevity. 80 years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, The Face of Jizo could not be more relevant or timely. It probes the importance of telling and […]