Megaphone Contributor Archive

The POP PERSPECTIVES: A Collective Work of Influence exhibition brings to the fore the work of three emerging artists, Angus Olsen, Sarah Naylor and Susan Wood who are originally from the Blue Mountains. These eclectic artists have come together to express their not-so-secret obsessions with …

  Le Noir, The Dark Side of Cirque, opened at the Sydney Lyric Theatre on Thursday March 19 and plays until Saturday April 4. A unique and electrifying theatrical experience, it features 22 of the greatest circus performers in the world, all award-winning athletes and …

Last week’s attack on Al Shifa hospital, where nearly 2,000 people are sheltering, demonstrates how civilians have nowhere safe to go and shows the current difficulties of providing emergency aid in Gaza. Gaza/Jerusalem/Paris, 29 July 2014 – The international medical organisation Médecins Sans …

Possessions, the original ‘girl road story’, heads for Sydney’s King Street Theatre on March 27, following an acclaimed premiere season in Boston USA. Thelma and Louise meets Dangerous Liaisons, this thought-provoking new play is conceived, written and performed by Jane Bergeron and Carrie Ann Quinn and presented by the …

Darlinghurst Theatre Company and O’Punksky’s Theatre present one of the great Irish plays of the last century. The Gigli Concert by Tom Murphy will preview from 4 April and open on 8 April at the Eternity Playhouse. Widely considered to be Murphy’s …

The Renaissance Players are back on home turf and will play their next concert series in the Great Hall, Sydney University, on Saturday October 5 and Sunday October 6. The 35th Runnymede Pop Festival is a unique concert of serious, devout, comic, …

My Bloody Underground is the latest series of paintings by Sydney-based artist Goran Tomic exhibiting during this year’s Sydney Fringe Festival at the Seymour Centre. MegaphoneOZ caught up with him for a brief conversation. Q: The last time we spoke you were …

If you thought politics in Australia was rough, wait until you meet President Jackson. America’s 7th President, a kicker of British butt, shafter of Indians and punk rock political superstar is itching to show you his stimulus package. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, a …

English playwright Peter Schaffer’s speculations on a gruesome crime in which a seventeen-year-old blinded six horses in a small town near Suffolk draw out bizarre confidences between Alan Strang and his psychiatrist. It’s the controversial drama that’s previously attracted the talents of Anthony …

Short + Sweet, the world’s biggest short play festival, delivered an interesting selection of short plays this year with a quirky movement-based piece taking out first prize last Saturday night at the Seymour Centre. After a nine-week season showcasing 170 ten-minute plays …