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Award-winning choreographer and dancer Byron Perry is set to amuse and entertain audiences with a double take at the Seymour Centre’s Reginald Theatre from August 21 to 24. The Force Majeure associate director is presenting Double Think, a program of two very …

The Canadian Possible Worlds Film Festival is back but in its eighth year has expanded its focus to include films from the United States. From August 8 to 18 at the Dendy Opera Quays and Dendy Newtown and from August 21 to 23 at ARC Cinema (Canberra) …

“What can I say about this cast – You’re The One That I Want!” enthused Australian theatre producer John Frost this week when he introduced his new production, the iconic Grease, in the ABC studios in Ultimo, Sydney. The show stars Rob …

  I see it first from a distance. It is framed by the doorway and engulfed in bright light. I can’t tell what it is yet, but I do know it has drawn my attention. As I approach, I notice a young …

Alexis Smith, 22, came to Australia to study. But what started as an academic adventure quickly escalated into a nightmare medical ordeal. She came to learn but left with a piece of Australia that saved her life, and changed it forever.   Alexis …

Following the birth of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s first born on Monday, British news blog the Huffington Post featured a breaking news story with the headline: “Woman Gives Birth to A Boy”. The article read: “A married woman of childbearing age …

Italian baroque violinist Stefano Montanari has wowed audiences in the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s latest concert Celebrazione! now at the City Recital Hall, Angel Place. His violin sang, danced and cried as Montanari, dressed in tight leather pants and boots, delighted both the …

It’s been six years since the release of Hot Fuzz, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright’s last offering in the non-episodic trilogy of films known as the “Blood and Cornetto Trilogy”. Along with their referencing a different flavour Cornetto ice cream flavour, each …

  If you could invite five famous women from history to a dinner party, who would you pick? Marlene, the savvy businesswoman of Caryl Churchill’s play Top Girls chooses a colourful bunch of real and fictional figures to wine and dine. In …

Imagine you are on a boat with some people for several weeks on the endless ocean. The destination is a magic and strange land but for you and your shipmates, this is a one-way journey with no turning back. The boat is …