Cantata Santa Maria de Iquique and Somos FuertesDirected by Mark DunbarPresented by Bemac Space Yungabar, Brisbane, July 5-14Reviewed by Lynda Hansen After the success of the 1995 epic production of Canto General, musical director Mark Dunbar has
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By Nikki Ulasowski
WOLLONGONG — Resistance activists from Wollongong have returned from the Resistance national conference, held in Melbourne July 5-7, with renewed energy and enthusiasm for building campaigns against the Howard government's
By Frank Barbaro
A South Australian study of voluntary redundancies warns about its damaging impact and calls for further research into its hidden costs. More than 30% of redundant workers who take separation packages regret it. Even those who said
Solitary AnimalsBy Elaine AcworthSydney Theatre Company, Wharf 2Reviewed by Tony Smith This new, very Australian, play is powerful and confronting, sometimes dense with emotion and occasionally overstretched. It is daring theatre, risking a great
By Kath Gelber and Liam Mitchell
SYDNEY — Staff from every department of ABC TV and Radio held stop-work meetings here on July 17, after planned budget cuts were announced by the federal communications minister, Senator Richard Alston. The
By Afrodity Giannakis
The NSW Adult Migrant English Service (AMES) is the biggest provider of English classes to newly arrived migrants and refugees. Until 1993, most of its classes were directly funded by the Department of Immigration and
She says she's at peace with the world
— with everything in its place,
everything as it should be.
What if she gets kicked around.
That's the normal state of things.
Besides, she can do the same to others
— and that's normal too. In
IPRA conference
BRISBANE — Seven hundred people attended the International Peace Research Association's 16th general conference. East Timorese Leila Cabarina spoke about the 20 year war on East Timor and the role of youth in the struggle. She
A Lie of the MindBy Sam ShepardDirected by Peter EvansCast: Olivia Brown, Barry Donnelly, Jeff Gane, Bernadette Millar, Avril Peters, George Samuel, Katya Tarnawski and Anthony ThomasNew Theatre, NewtownUntil August 24Reviewed by Allen Myers The New
Sharp debate at left convention
By Barry Sheppard
Sharp political differences emerged at the second national convention of the Committees of Correspondence (CoC), held in New York over the July 12-14 weekend. The CoC was formed in 1992 by
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