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As director Neil Armfield notes in the program, to write and stage a play about the ‘inheritance of fascism in Spain might seem a massive reach’. And indeed, for those who know little or nothing of the Spanish Civil War, the Franco …

Born from a Hangover Night: An Irish-Chinese Fusion Full of Surprises Jixin (Leona) Li, Oliver Wen Paddy Chan’s Newtown launched its daring fusion of Irish Chinese Cuisine in King Street on Tuesday, February 11.  Throughout the night, guests sampled unexpected flavour pairings, …

Monique is the mother-in-law from hell in David Williamson’s biting new comedy. She’s entitled, vain, manipulative, hypocritical, selfish and self-obsessed and who knows why her three adult sons have put up with her for his long, unless it’s just for the adoration …

It is a rare play that is both entertainingly funny yet also has such serious things to say. But Arrernte playwright Declan Furber Gillick’s Jacky, a snappy 100 minutes, certainly delivers. Jacky, played by Guy Simon, is a smart and enterprising young …

This is a play about ego and ambition, ignorance and fear. It is a story of corruption, deception, ignorance and fear. But also, friendships. And there are jokes, too. These aren’t my words – they are spoken by the actor Jamie Oxenbould …

During a heated televised debate in September 2024, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accused Vice President Kamala Harris of being a “Marxist” in their first head-to-head encounter. “She’s a Marxist. Everybody knows she’s a Marxist. Her father is a Marxist economics professor, …

Nearly 800 University of Sydney students joined a historic student general meeting at Eastern Avenue Auditorium on Wednesday, August 7. The meeting, organised by the University of Sydney Students’ Representative Council (SRC), aimed to vote on two pro-Palestine motions. The first motion …

Walking into WildThingProduction’s Seventeen at the Seymour Centre, we were instantly taken back to high school. The stage had been covered in AstroTurf. There was a broken swing-set, a graffitied table and even a bubbler, small details designed to spark our own …

  Acknowledging the inevitability of death seems to be all the rage at the moment, what with the TV series Swedish Death Cleaning and Ray Martin considering his burial/funeral options on his three-part doco on the ABC, but British playwright Laura Wade’s …

Music is the language of us all The Cat Empire’s latest show at the Sydney Opera House was an electrifying display of the band’s capacity to escape all limits of genre. Performing for the first time alongside the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the …