Arts and Entertainment Archive

Some things take a very long time to change. If that were not so, Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song Trilogy – which opened at the Darlinghurst Theatre on February 5 – would not continue to be so relevant. This very funny but deeply dark play …

Metropolitan Opera in HD, Cremorne, Orpheum Theatre Hector Berlioz, the remarkable revealer of mysteries, reveries and epic tales, draws for inspiration on Virgil’s account of the ancient civilizations of Troy, Carthage and their aggressors. This opera may not be for the attention-challenged …

If you like literary allusions, poetry, pop culture and word play you will enjoy Alan Bennett’s The History Boys, which opened at the Sydney Opera House on February 12. This erudite comedy has a large smattering of Auden, plenty of laughs and …

Most Sydneysiders have fond memories of visiting the Australian Museum on school excursions, exploring the wonders of nature and the ancient world. Now many of them are coming back for a totally new experience. For the fifth year now the Museum has …

  Cinema audiences were transported from Dendy Quays to the austerity of the American Civil War earlier this month with a re-screening of Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln.  This much-anticipated major release, timed to bring revenue from the theatres and accolades in the awards season, promises …

After attending Rachel Collis’s debut of her album Ever After, going for a Brazilian wax will not be as frightening as it used to be. Collis’s uninhibited stage presence, powerful voice and great keyboard talent convinced me that the painful process of …

After a 45-minute ride into the suburban heart of Melbourne city, we finally arrived at the Footscray Community Art Centre. As we walked out of the station with the crowds, the atmosphere and energy was absolutely brilliant. The sun was out and …

A couple of decades ago the murder of three 8-year-old boys in Memphis, Tennessee sparked an ongoing debate on the incident, the court trial and the intricate development of the case. After serving 18 years in gaol, 17 of those years on …

The first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander playwriting festival to be held in Sydney in two decades is now underway with six playwrights chosen to showcase their work this week. The last Indigenous playwriting festival was held in Adelaide in 2000; the …

“Cali es Cali, y lo demas es loma!” – Cali is Cali, and the rest is mountains. This is what anyone from the dangerous and vibrant city of Cali, Colombia, will tell you about their hometown. A small piece of this gritty, …