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Big Girls Don’t Cry is a snapshot of Redfern in the 1960s, told from a First Nations perspective. Big things were on the horizon: the 1967 referendum, for one, but before that the upcoming 1966 Indigenous Debutante Ball to be held at …

Game review | Mingyue Yao After leaving their cubicle job and inheriting an old farm from their grandfather, players arrive in Stardew Valley, ready to escape the fast pace of modern life. Here, no matter the passing days or seasons, the next …

  Leona (Jixin) Li, Oliver Wen Audiences at Chatswood’s Concourse Theatre were treated to a night of fun discovery of Chinese Modern History with “Donald’s Inferno,” a comedy stage production written and directed by Jon-Claire Lee. The show ran on December 10 …

This is a memory play says Tom at the beginning of The Glass Menagerie, as he promises to give ‘truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion’ and his soft-spoken recollections and the lyricism of Tennessee Williams’ words draw us into his story …

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, …