Arts and Entertainment Archive

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 …

For better and for worse, much of our understanding about disabilities have come from cinema. Of course, there are the sensationalised Blockbusters that have probably done more harm than good in defying stereotypes. Think 1970’s smash hits like Rainman or One Flew …

Trio Isimsiz’s performance at the City Recital Hall was a Romantic delight. Though presenting a concise program of only three pieces, the trio managed to pack a musical punch that traversed the highs and lows of emotional extremes. Formed in 2009 at …

Bach Akademie Australia’s performance at the Sydney Opera House happily transported audiences to elegant Baroque ballrooms against the backdrop of Sydney’s Farm Cove. Performed to a crowd of eager music listeners in the Opera House’s Utzon Room, The Art of Violin was …

Siena Fagan is a coffee addict Whenever an assignment is feeling a bit static, I pack a bag and set myself up at a coffee shop. Whether it’s the buzz of my skim cappuccino, the hustle and bustle of busy customers, or …