PamWalker Archive

A bold new production of the  much-acclaimed Torch Song Trilogy will be among the artistic and cultural events held during the three-week Sydney Mardi Gras 2013 festival. Directed by Stephen Colyer (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Paris Letter, Hello Again) and with a stellar cast that includes Simon …

The 22nd Flickerfest international short film festival opened at the Bondi Pavilion last night on a perfect balmy Sydney evening. The audience was in a party mood as they enjoyed a selection of the 100 films chosen this year from 2300 entries …

Leo Schofield makes no bones about it – he considers the Paris Opera Ballet the Rolls Royce of ballet companies worldwide. He is not alone in this assessment: the Paris Opera Ballet is universally regarded as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, ballet …

Sometimes my brain takes me on a wild ride, jumping from tangent to tangent, until I find myself thinking “How did I end up thinking about that?” I took just such a mental journey this morning, while enjoying the latest offering by …

The Macedonian Film Festival will screen at the Hoyts Paris Cinema at the Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park this weekend, November 24 and 25. The festival opens with a VIP cocktail party at 6pm on Saturday night and Vladimir Blazevski’s black comedy …

The Bell Shakespeare production of Molière’s The School For Wives is absolutely hilarious. Director Lee Lewis has brought a modern touch to this tale of infidelity in verse based on an excellent translation by Australian playwright Justin Fleming that conveys the wit …

Lush, seductive, subversive, electrifying, jaw-dropping and freakishly fun. Yes, you’re in for a treat when Moira Finucane brings the Glory Box Edition of her cabaret hit to Sydney’s Seymour Centre on November 15. Against a backdrop of tassled lanterns, satin brocades and …

A century after his birth and twenty years after his death the work and life of legendary musician John Cage will be celebrated in a two-day festival at the Sydney Opera House next weekend. A number of compositions in honour of Cage, …

 Ricky Gervais is one of my favourite comedians. He’s quick, insightful, and his accent is entirely unmistakeable. Like Simon Pegg, he excels at comedy, and yet hides an amazing ability to pull drama out of the hat, before launching back into the …

I admire Sam Harris, I really do. I disagree with him on almost every level, by the way, but I do really and truly admire him. This weekend just gone, Harris kicked off the 2012 Sydney Festival of Dangerous Ideas with his …