PamWalker Archive

  If you’re going to see Rupert in the hope of participating in a fierce hate fest against a controlling power hungry megalomaniac, you’ll be disappointed. David Williamson’s latest play, a musical satirical narrative about the rise of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, is surprisingly …

“Think of a guitar string that has been tuned by stretching the string under tension across the guitar. Depending on how the string is plucked and how much tension is in the string, different musical notes will be created by the string.” …

Jeff Duff has always been a David Bowie fan. But then, what’s not to like about the man voted the most influential artist of the 20th century by his peers? And though Duff is not easily impressed by fame and stardom, he does …

Bell Shakespeare’s rollicking version of Moliere’s Tartuffe will have you laughing uncomfortably at the easy success of manipulation and deceit. Leon Ford shines as the wily, sanctimonious Tartuffe, the penniless stranger who, in the words of the sharp-tongued maid Dorine (played brilliantly by Kate …

  “From the rocking of the cradle to the rolling of the hearse the going up was worth the coming down,” croons Kris Kristofferson as he contemplates the life of country music legend Johnny Cash. And Australian rock legend Tex Perkins agrees …

  The intimacy of the Stables is the perfect setting for this energetic, almost manic, play about adolescence and the emotional whirlwind involved in the getting of wisdom. Michael Cutrupi dominates the space as 16-year-old Connor, an angry young man whose rage has …

If you haven’t yet caught Tom Murphy’s The Gigli Concert now on at the Eternity Playhouse in Darlinghurst you definitely should before the season ends on May 4. One could be tempted to describe as intense this satirical play about a quack …

Baz Luhrmann sauntered into the rehearsal room at Carriageworks on February 25 quipping over his shoulder “ I thought you said a couple of friends Bruce”. The joke was aimed at his publicist Bruce Pollack but the real targets were the close …

Sydney’s short play festival, Short + Sweet, is reaching its climax this weekend with two gala finals on March 21 and 22 at the Seymour Centre York Theatre. Now in its 13th year, the festival has spread to 40 other cities including …

Last night Sydney enjoyed another fabulous Mardi Gras parade despite the threat of rain. The 36th parade, under the theme Kaleidoscope, roared to life in its customary spectacular fashion with the Dykes on Bikes convoy and featured a giant puppet of Russian …