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  • The Last Ship

    The Last Ship John Tognolini ventures onto the high seas for the third in a series of radio features about working life in Australia. After painting vivid aural portraits of volunteer firefighters and scaffolder/riggers, "Togs" returns to his

  • Local theatre with pride

    The Sum of UsWritten by David StevensDirected by Colin NorrisNew Farm Nash Theatre Inc.Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm until June 27 Review by Lynda Hansen The Sum of Us is being performed in conjunction with the ninth Lesbian and Gay

  • Tradition in search of a future

    Tradition in search of a future Children of the DevilPerformed by Russell DykstraDirected by David BellBelvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, until June 28Carlton Courthouse, Melbourne, June 30-July 11 Review by Allen Myers After the performance, the

  • Defending wild spaces with film

    SYDNEY — Wild Spaces, an environmental film festival, is about to open here. The festival will present a collection of films dealing with environmental and social issues. It features documentaries and animations from around the

  • Exposing Australia's role in East Timor

    Free East TimorEdited by Jim AubreyContributors include Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, Jose Ramos Horta, Ken Fry and Justice Marcus EinfeldVintage Books, 1998 Review by Jon Land This book examines Australia's aiding and abetting of the Indonesian

  • Baffled by the shift

    Baffled by the shift Blinded by the SunBy Stephen PoliakoffDirected by Sandra BatesWith Peter Kowitz, Lorraine Bayly, Andrew McFarlane, Tammy MacIntosh, Norman Kaye, Tina Bursill, Kate Fischer, Ron GrahamEnsemble TheatreThe Playhouse, Sydney Opera

  • Poem: My Dog Tooth Tattoo

    My Dog Tooth Tattoo (Dedicated to the UTS, Sydney, student bitten by an Alsatian dog during an early morning SWAT raid on a student occupation) I know that you love me,But it's not a nice thing to do,To leave on my armA dog tooth tattoo.I cowered

  • Highlights of 45th Sydney Film Festival

    Highlights of 45th Sydney Film FestivalThe 45th Sydney Film Festival will begin on June 5 and continue until June 19. A highlight of this year's festival will be a feature selection of African cinema, including films made in

  • The good engineer

    The good engineer After the BallBy David WilliamsonWith Judi Farr, Peter Carroll, Jacki Weaver and Garry McDonaldSydney Opera House Drama TheatreUntil June 6Australia's most successful man of the theatre has no sense of the

  • Transcending labels

    Frabjous DazeRelishIndependently releasedPhone Ant McKenna on 015 172 276 or e-mail <[email protected]>. Review by Lynda Hansen A nine-track debut CD, Frabjous Daze is a collection of songs from Brisbane band Relish. Relish, formed in

  • Left on-line

    Left on-line Indonesia's struggle for democracy — Follow developments in Indonesia and find out what you can do in solidarity at these sites: Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) has first-hand reports from the Indonesian

  • Poem: Capital Burning

    Capital Burning Indonesia burnswhile Suharto fiddles the books.East Timor burnswith greed for blood and oil.Forests burnand crony capital fans the flames.But the heathas gone undergroundand fuels the fireburning in the people.Now the peopleburn for