Arts and Entertainment Archive

Purity. There’s not much of it about in the modern world. In fact, there seems a conscious effort to move away from purity towards distortion, clumping amalgamation and cloying over-decoration. This trend is so all-pervasive that you only notice all this impurity …

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 …

Cirque Du Soleil’s latest extravaganza, OVO, injects you with the sudden desire to rush out and purchase a gymnast trampoline, become a body contortionist or even foot-juggle kiwi fruit in perfect unison with a friendly juggling ensemble. The performance celebrates the Brazilian …

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, …

The wonderful time machine that is the modern period ensemble is one of the true delights of music today. When that ensemble has as much fun as the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the delight is doubled. Under the direction (and buoyant spirit) of …

I absolutely love horror movies. Far more than is reasonable. And I run a website called Zombie Arcade. So it might seem a little odd for me to say this, but, seriously people, enough with the freaking zombies already! This is, in …

So here we are at the Kensington street art precinct: puzzled characters caught red handed…somnolent and alert…sad sweet and dark…ready to introduce to a new world a shrug, a wink, an awkward smile, exclamation point – Boom!…the little beat boxer takes a …

The annual Hola Mexican Film Festival has arrived in Australia for its 7th visit.  First stop Melbourne, the festival hits Sydney on October 25 before making its way to Adelaide and Perth. The event will kick off with a screening of Mariachi …

Salome, an opera in one act, was written by Richard Strauss who based it on Oscar Wilde’s atypical and rarely performed play of the same name. Wilde wrote the play in French although it was translated into German for the opera adaptation. …