Arts and Entertainment Archive

Old men behaving badly. Old men with power, who rule kingdoms or countries, behaving badly? Yep. Should parents be wary of giving too much dosh and agency to their offspring? Probably. Not much has changed since Shakespeare’s King Lear first entertained audiences …

When you wake up thinking about the show you saw the night before, you know it made an impression and this Romeo & Juliet, directed by Bell Shakespeare’s Peter Evans, stays in the mind for all the right reasons. It is absorbing …

Spring heralds a celebratory time, blossoming with new beginnings and hope. Likewise, Bach Akademie Australia’s performance of JS Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos at The Brandenburg Concertos on Saturday November 15 on the Pier is a joyous tribute that opens up the breath of Bach’s …

  FULL DISCLOSURE, folks: This is not my review. It is written by Diana Simmonds of Stage Noise, and she has kindly given her permission to reprint it here. (Why didn’t I review it? The secret is in the cast names! No …

It is always a challenge to say something new about our favourite piano classics. No matter how brilliant they may be, musicians who choose to perform pieces from this repertoire run the risk of leaving the audience uninspired. But this couldn’t be …

A British film festival wouldn’t be complete without at least one cinematic period drama. Bringing little-known histories to light with visual beauty, attention to detail and exaggerated emotional heart seems to be a common theme among England’s most critically acclaimed films. Think …

A comedy about climate change? Played by actors, naked apart from crocs and handmade hats? Yes, you can ask why. Here’s the playwright, Ang Collins: ‘Long story short – the combination of a bushfire evacuation, a love of nude beaches and …

Billed as intoxicating blend of spectacle, comedy and cabaret, La Ronde does not disappoint. The performers – who include acrobats, trapeze artistes and aerialists – hail from Australia and overseas, and do things with their bodies which cause us mere mortals wonder …

  Deborah Lawrie was Australia’s first female commercial airline pilot – and what a fight it was for her to overcome the aviation world’s chauvinistic male attitudes to women being anything other than hostesses back in the even more patriarchal 1970s. Writers …

Making its Australian debut at the 2025 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival, Fuori is a poignant portrayal of the power and complexities of female friendship, as well as the experience of surviving in a male-dominated world. Set in Rome during the summer …