Creatives in Sydney have always done it tough. Now it’s worse than ever. Our artists are leaving in droves. On this episode of The Sydneyist Elizabeth Farrelly asks, can Sydney survive the loss of its creatives? Elizabeth Farrelly was joined by three artists: writer Mark Mordue, silk-screen artists Peter Bainbridge and actor Kate Mannix about surviving […]
Locus Non Consequensia – ‘location of no consequence’ is a project conceived by artist, Hadyn Wilson to honour an ‘inconsequential space’. This innovative project originally began in early 2000 as a collection of drawings and focuses on one representative square metre of ground delineated by a cast iron frame. The location, chosen randomly using Google […]
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Future Seekers offers a new type of theatre experience –it breaks the mould of conventional theatre by incorporating piano music, a soiree atmosphere and a mix of dramatic styles in a story that moves from 1917 Russia to 2017 Sydney. Future Seekers is directed by Mark Langham and features Michael Wood, Neveen Hanna, Sana’a Shaik, […]
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Jane Edwina Seymour spoke with Dr Margaux Dombkins on Arts about ‘The Days are as Grass’. Jane, an acclaimed Australian actor working in LA, has returned to Sydney to direct the Australian premiere of The Days Are as Grass – a collection of plays that explores the nature of life – the fragility of love and […]
Three local Sydney writers have specially recorded works for this storytelling episode of Arts Thursday 21st July with Maren on Eastside Radio. We’ll be hearing a short story titled ‘Wine and Cheese Appreciation’ by journalist and writer Amelia Marshall, on a sharehouse and an ant farm. Next, we’ll hear three poems by queer Arab Australian […]
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Renowned author, Jackie French, Hollywood screenwriter, J.D. Barrett and Sydney Comedy Festival Director, Jorge Menidis are my guests today. J.D.Barrett discusses her debut novel ‘The Secret Recipe for Second Chances’ and making the switch from screenwriter in Australia and Hollywood to novelist. Described as “a surprising, smart, charming novel that shows every day is a […]
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Dr Margaux Dombkins spoke with writer, Simon Dodd, and actor, Cherrie Whalen-David on Arts. PLAYTHING written by Simon Dodd is an absurdist one- act comedy that is a subtle mix of deep philosophical musings and toilet humour. Cherrie Whalen-David plays the female lead, accompanied by some of Sydney’s most seasoned and emerging theatre actors including […]
Italian Musician, Luca Gemma, Writer, Simon Dodd, and Actor, Cherrie Whalen-David are my guests today. Simon Dodd is the writer of PLAYTHING – an absurdist one- act comedy that is a subtle mix of deep philosophical musings and toilet humour. Cherrie Whalen-David plays the female lead. The cast features some of Sydney’s most seasoned and […]
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