Made to Measure: Review
Balancing the scales for the big day. I’ve had my own adventures in couture lately, and on a visit to ...
The Gospel According to Paul: Review
The Gospel According to Paul: perfectly titled, perfectly acted, and cleverly scripted. There are moments where you are unclear whether ...
Yma Sumac – The Peruvian Songbird: Review
Yma Sumac’s voice should be familiar through sampling a wide range of songs. From The Black Eyed Peas’ “Hands Up”, ...
Mosquitoes: Review
The third play of English playwright Lucy Kirkwood, Mosquitoes, has been performed by Sydney Theatre Company in the past three ...
The Miser: Review
Dressed in a palette of gelato colours – sweet pastels and pleasant designs – The Miser is an inoffensive romp ...
Saturday Night Fever: Review
Saturday Night Fever starts with an explosive version of Stayin’ Alive – all disco dancing and singing – at the ...
The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race: Review
This is a story about women, by a woman, for women, but accessible to everyone. The playwright is a woman, ...
Every Brilliant Thing: Review
I have reservations about one-woman and one-man shows. It’s hard to hold an audience’s focus, maintain the plot and developments ...
Spamalot: Review
Clack your coconuts in double time to get to Spamalot. Spamalot at the Hayes Theatre is a hit – and ...
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Review
Spending all day in an old atmospheric theatre was an adventure that I’d been excitedly anticipating since I heard Harry ...
How to Rule the World: Review
Australian Writer and Actor, Nakkiah Lui, wrote this play in nine months, as she believed the timing for her message ...
Mary Stuart: Review
It’s been a season of the crown. On film, it was donned by The Favourite’s Queen Anne – and in ...
Stan & Ollie Film Review
Stan & Ollie was chosen to close the British Film Festival in November and there couldn’t have been a better ...
The Big Time: Review
There’s something ironic about seeing a play called The Big Time at the little Ensemble Theatre in Kirribilli – it’s ...
Mary Queen of Scots Film Review
A story of two queens but a bit more about one than the other. From the first moments when we ...
5 best stage shows to see in 2019
2018 was a great year for theatre. Among the highlights were Evita with Tina Arena, The Resistible Rise of Arturo ...
The Favourite Film Review
Actress Olivia Colman seems to have become a royal. From starring in the The Crown to playing the Queen Mother ...
Top NYE Movies to Watch on NYE
When Christmas is behind us, and we finally get some time to kick back, put our feet up and enjoy ...
Colette Film Review
Colette is the kind of film the British are so good at: the detailed character piece. And Colette is certainly ...
Review: Dance of Death
Dance me to the end of time. Colin Friels plays a cranky, heavy-drinking man who has had a hard life, ...
Review: The Wharf Revue
Deja Revue. When the jacarandas are in bloom, the weather has turned, and the festive season is bearing down upon ...
The Collectors’ Collection from the Hermitage
Masters of Modern Art from the Hermitage has opened in Sydney, and what a treat it is. Brought from the ...
The Art of Good Manners
Good looks, charm, and bedroom eyes are seductive but nothing is sexier than good manners. The other day in the ...
Hats Off and Running: Melbourne Cup 2018
Off and running, welcome to the race for the perfect hat. In case you somehow forgot, Melbourne Cup is tomorrow ...