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  The old Fitzroy Theatre and Hotel enveloped me with kind arms and a cold beer. The anticipation to watch Kate Walder and Penny Greenhalgh’s play Bad stemmed from their very vague explanation, ‘What is bad? Let’s find out together’. Being my …

  Horror, disdain, anger, sadness. Those are all the words that came to mind after the last week of stressful and horrible news of what was happening in my home country, France. How could 2015 start in such a shattering way? Wednesday 7 January 2015, 10:47pm: …

  It’s no surprise that after a sell-out season at Sydney Festival 2014, Limbo is again likely to sell out on its return this year to the magnificent 1920s themed Aurora Spiegeltent in the Festival Village, Hyde Park. The lively show with its spectacular acrobatic …

  James Thierree’s latest work to grace the Sydney Festival, Tabac Rouge, is by far his most ambitious and, in many ways, his most serious. This is not to say that the whimsy, warmth and comedy we’ve come to expect following his …

  Forget gliding gracefully down an elaborate staircase to make a stunning entrance at the ball. That’s old hat. To really catch everyone’s attention there’s no better way than to fly in and come careering down the wall. Audiences will have the …

Forget about all the film roles Bill Murray has had in the past– he is definitely the coolest and wildest babysitter a kid can ask for in his latest film, St Vincent. The Moonlight Cinema opened with the advanced screening of this well-directed  feel …

Alfred Nobel’s last will caused a sensation when it was publicly revealed after his death in 1896. The industrial magnate and inventor of dynamite had left his family members small, personal bequests, and allocated the rest of his vast wealth to creating …

  Sometimes too much Art seems barely enough. Sometimes too much Art is just too much. After foolhardily taking in the MCA’s Chuck Close: Prints, Process and Collaboration and the AGNSW’s POP to POPism within hours of each other, I have been …

Former nurse Lucy Haslam, who organised the Inaugural Medicinal Cannabis Symposium in Tamworth last month, has welcomed NSW Premier Mike Baird’s announcement on December 21 that up to $9 million will be allocated to conduct three or more clinical trials to look …

  On Monday December 15, less than two weeks before Christmas, Sydney and eventually the rest of the world held its collective breath as what appeared to be brutal terrorism hit Australian shores.  Self-proclaimed sheik Man Haron Monis, who was disowned by Australia’s …