Arts and Entertainment Archive

Review: I Am a Girl

Review: I Am a Girl

This is a film about the things that unite us.  It reminds us that under our skins, cultures and the ways we choose to adorn ourselves, we’re not so very different.  It’s fly on the wall cinema, a masterpiece of open and …
The Artists’ Ball: The Fairytale Begins

The Artists’ Ball: The Fairytale Begins

This Saturday night’s knees up at David Jones will be a tame affair in comparison with artists’ balls of Sydney’s racy past when police were routinely called to break up fights and drunken revellers shocked our demure society. The tradition will be …
Sydney Fringe Festival: My Bloody Underground

Sydney Fringe Festival: My Bloody Underground

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 …
FAME: The Musical

FAME: The Musical

The 1980s. When dreams were big and hair was bigger. When we all thought we were gonna live forever. Chatswood Musical Society’s upcoming production of FAME: The Musical takes a look at the grit and glamour of New York’s High School of …
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

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 …
Sculptures at Darling Park

Sculptures at Darling Park

More than fifty sculptures are on display at the Darling Park Building as part of the Sculptors Society (juried) exhibition until the end of this month. The Society holds four to five exhibitions in Sydney each year to promote the work of …
Review: Stories We Tell

Review: Stories We Tell

In all of its genuine messiness, its insistence on a multi-stranded narrative, its capricious flaunting and taunting of truth, Stories We Tell finally does what I have been wanting to see in cinema for years. Sarah Polley tells the story of her …
Review: Underbelly arts festival

Review: Underbelly arts festival

The Underbelly arts festival spread its artistic magic all over Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour last weekend. With over 100 artists working on thirty projects, it was a beautiful contrast from the island’s natural beauty and industrial history to experimental, innovative artworks …