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Based on the classic 1988 film, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, now on at Sydney’s Theatre Royal, returns the audience to memorable classic moments of this highly successful comedy. Directed by Roger Hodgman(Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Grey Gardens, Sweeny Todd) this all new Australian …

I don’t generally spend my Saturday nights watching middle-aged women pose nude in front of strategically placed baked goods and floral displays, but when I do I make sure it’s for an excellent cause. Epicentre Theatre Company’s production of Calendar Girls at …

Bursting with the energy of youth and fuelled by vodka, hormones and the addictive madness of first lust, Sydney Theatre Company’s Romeo and Juliet is a stunning modern interpretation that reworks Shakespeare’s classic love story into a tale of teenage rebellion fit for a …

Human rights experts warn that involving those most affected in policy-making is the only way to tackle global hunger, questioning the benefits of “investor-driven” public-private partnerships (PPPs) such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa …

Whenever I hear the saxophone used in classical orchestral music – after years of digging the instrument in jazz and rock with all its attendant growls, snarls, bleeds and honks – it sounds like a completely different instrument to its earthier-music sibling. Its …

If you enjoy an authentic period play and feel like a trip back to the 1950s head down to the Sydney Theatre to catch Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced before October 27 or see it at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre from October 30. The …

Leaving your comfort zone is not easy but Charlotte Havez, a 21-year-old French girl, did exactly that last summer when she volunteered in two Indian schools. She decided to be part of the Tilak Bal Gurukul program that helps the poorest and …

US President Barack Obama has warned that support of the Egyptian government will depend on its adoption of US and democratic values. In last Tuesday’s address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Obama officially cancelled military exercises with Egypt that had …

It is 11am and my brother, Cornelius, walks straight to the fridge, grabs a microwave meal and eats it straight from the plastic container. On his way to bed, he unhooks his stethoscope from his neck and flings off his Adidas trainers. …

The Renaissance Players are back on home turf and will play their next concert series in the Great Hall, Sydney University, on Saturday October 5 and Sunday October 6. The 35th Runnymede Pop Festival is a unique concert of serious, devout, comic, …