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Review: Light Show at the MCA

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 …

Sydney Film Festival Review: Women He’s Undressed

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 …

Sydney Film Festival Review: A Second Chance

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 …

Run wild in a mansion as you create a play

  A unique new production, Like Me, will have audiences running wild in an 18th century mansion driving the direction of this immersive theatre experience. The stage is set, the actors are prepared and they are ready for you to run amuck when the …

Joe Antoinette: Let them get a good job

Many historians agree that Marie Antoinette never actually said “let them eat cake” in the face of economic crisis in France during the 18th century — the misquote was part of a smear campaign by the aristocracy’s opponents perpetuated by the media …