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Sydney Fringe Festival: My Bloody Underground

Sydney Fringe Festival: My Bloody Underground

My Bloody Underground is the latest series of paintings by Sydney-based artist Goran Tomic exhibiting during this year’s Sydney Fringe Festival at the Seymour Centre. MegaphoneOZ caught up with him for a brief conversation. Q: The last time we spoke you were …
Life on the outside: a plea for humanity

Life on the outside: a plea for humanity

In Australia, where repeated governments have pursued ever-tougher ‘Laura Norder’ policies, the barriers are high to establishing a human rights conversation around the rights of prisoners. Such a proposal is frequently dismissed as politically inconvenient – perhaps because the criminal justice system …
Review: Moving Parts

Review: Moving Parts

Moving Parts, which opened on July 25 at the NIDA Parade theatre,  is an intense two-hander with two excellent actors facing off: Colins Friels and Josh McConville. This is a play about time: the ravages of time and people marking time, but …
All Stars are anything but United!

All Stars are anything but United!

English Premier League giants Manchester United beat a less than inspiring A-League All Stars side 5-1 on Saturday night at ANZ Stadium in Sydney. The exhibition match was part of Manchester United’s pre-season tour and was their first visit to Australian shores …
Star-crossed lovers on Sydney’s beaches

Star-crossed lovers on Sydney’s beaches

One family is a well-to-do southern suburbs family, the other an immigrant family from Sydney’s west. Older, cooler heads – and police commissioner Prince – try vainly to turn back the tide of hatred, passion and bloodshed.  A beach party crashed, insults …