Catherine Martin Archive

Strictly Ballroom, the iconic Aussie film from 1992, has returned to life at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre. Acclaimed director Baz Luhrmann has approached his venture into musical theatre with all the colour and flamboyance we have come to expect in his films, but …

Baz Luhrmann sauntered into the rehearsal room at Carriageworks on February 25 quipping over his shoulder “ I thought you said a couple of friends Bruce”. The joke was aimed at his publicist Bruce Pollack but the real targets were the close …