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It is very rare to see a classical music audience lose its traditional polite composure overcome with the spectacle of a remarkable performance. But that is exactly what has been happening during the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra season of French Baroque with Circa …

Three words aptly describe this contribution to understanding the world of fashion: powerful, heartbreaking and educational. The latest documentary on the fashion industry, presented by Good on You and The Salvation Army at Sydney’s Chauvel Cinema in July, shocked the audience with behind …

Lisa D’Amour’s dark comedy Detroit, which opened at the Eternity Theatre on July 22, is a profoundly humorous, if rather disturbing, critique of the decaying economic and social structure of middle class America. The work was short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize and …

The southern hemisphere is shivering through one of its coldest winters in recent memory, and social media feeds are filled with posts from the many holidaymakers setting off for tropical island getaways and lengthy travels in the European sunshine. Rather than follow …

The lights come on and a countdown begins, to what we don’t know. A solitary figure stands on stage, framed by a wide circle of light fittings that resemble a 1950s idea of the inside of a space ship. The lanky skinny guy …

If you make a revolution, make it for fun, don’t make it in ghastly seriousness, don’t do it in deadly earnest, do it for fun. Don’t do it because you hate people, do it just to spit in their eye. DH Lawrence, A Sane Revolution Standing …

Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art has turned the lights on sculptures and artificial light installations to transform the space and alter perception until July 10. Throughout the exhibit, light – something we take for granted in our every day lives – is used as …

Despite being well known in Australia in the 1930s and 1940s, legendary Australian costume designer Orry-Kelly’s remarkable story pretty much lapsed into obscurity until director Gillian Armstrong decided to make this engaging documentary about his art and life. If you love glamour …

En Chance Til, or A Second Chance, is a gripping Danish drama by Academy Award-winning director Susanne Bier and screenwriter Anders Thomas Jensen that examines the fragility of the human condition in the face of tragedy. Police officer and family man Andreas …

With three documentaries from Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney showing at the 2015 Sydney Film Festival, I packed plenty of popcorn and set out on a three-day bender that transported me from the mythic tale of galactic overlord Xenu in Going Clear: Scientology …