Culture

  • Peter Hicks' solo CD to be launched

    The Bottom LineTo be launched at the Rose, Shamrock and Thistle, Evans St, RozelleSaturday, October 18, 8pm. $6 and $4Purchase an album at the door and get in free. For nearly 10 years Peter Hicks has been entertaining Sydney audiences with his songs

  • Young people prove theatre ain't dead (yet)

    CoraggioBy Level Crossing (Bradfield TAFE performing arts students)Directed by Patrick GuerreraATYP Studio, The Wharf, Sydney Review by Brendan Doyle Have you noticed how mainstream Sydney theatres are cutting themselves off more and more from

  • Don't get your flippers in a knot Harold

    On Stage VietnamWritten by Mona Brand and Pat BarnettDirected by Adam Lawrence GriggsAt the Organ Factory, Clifton Hill, MelbourneUntil September 27 Review by Bridget Riggs This play begins with the sound of choppers, dim lighting and a lone

  • 2SER-FM membership drive

    We all know about the railing, nasty and simplistic messages put forward by commercial radio, television and print media in Australia. News and current affairs are presented as objective, "natural" reporting of the "most important

  • 'Freedom is in the trying'

    Blood on the FieldsWynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Centre Jazz OrchestraColumbia/SonyThree CDs, $49.95 Review by Norm Dixon The long-awaited release on CD of Wynton Marsalis' epic jazz odyssey about slavery was preceded by the controversy that

  • Dog Day Afternoon meets The Gods Must Be Crazy

    Jump Ralph, JumpCarlton Courthouse Theatre, MelbourneWednesday to Sunday, September 25 to October 12, 8.30pmTickets phone 11566 or at the door, $15/$12. Preview by Bronwen Beechey Craig Friemond's play Jump Ralph, Jump examines universal human

  • Left on-line

    Left on-line Debate erupts on Young Liberal site — Recent articles in Green Left Weekly on the far right in the Liberal Party have provoked a lively debate on the web site of the Young Liberal Movement of WA. The YLMWA was identified by GLW

  • Behind the white male hero

    Behind the white male hero Black MaryBy Julie JansonDirected by Angela ChaplinCompany B in association with the Olympic Arts FestivalsWilson Street Carriage Works 229 Wilson Street, Newtown, SydneyUntil October 12 Review by Helen

  • Shakespeare meets the Rainbow Serpent

    A Midsummer Night's DreamBy William ShakespeareDirected by Noël C. ToveySydney Theatre Company in association with the Olympic Arts FestivalsWharf Theatre until October 4 Review by Allen Myers This excellent production is part of the

  • The sound of Arnhem Land

    Dreamtime Wisdom Modern Time VisionWirrinyga BandCAAMA Music Review by Deb Sorensen Arnhem Land has produced some great bands over the years. Arnhem bands will often tour communities in the region, where they have an established following, but

  • Indigenous and non-indigenous artistry

    Preview by Lynda Hansen The Marrugeku Company was created specifically to produce Mimi in which performers from the Stalker Theatre Company, indigenous dancers and musicians from Western Australia, and Aboriginal dancers, musicians and painters

  • The politics behind the carbuncles

    Inventing Mark Twain: The Lives of Samuel Langhorne ClemensBy Andrew HoffmanWeidenfeld & Nicolson1997, 572 pp., $49.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon Mark Twain is often regarded as a simple humorist and writer of children's books about growing