Culture

  • Critical 'realisasians'

    Dangerous LiasiansDownstairs Theatre, Belvoir StreetSeptember 18-20 and 25-27Bookings 9699 3444 Review by Suneeta Peres da Costa A cabaret as anti-racist polemic? The work of the ensemble in Dangerous Liasians, performed as part of the fifth

  • Theatre for the New World Order

    BRISBANE — The Satire Workshop has been making headway. Originally foundered as a pilot project to disseminate and promote political satire throughout Australia, the workshop has met with a ready response, as much overseas as

  • 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

  • Not much left to say

    Small MiraclesBy Eric BogleLarrikin/Festival, 1997The Emigrant & the ExileBy Eric Bogle & John MunroLarrikin/Festival, 1997 Review by Alex Bainbridge Eric Bogle's songs still maintain some connection with social — dare I say

  • If you like country music

    Doing Time for Patsy ClineStarring Matt Day, Miranda Otto and Richard RoxburghWritten, directed and produced, with John Winter, by Chris KennedyOpening nationally in Dendy cinemas on September 25 Preview by Jennifer Thompson This film opens, and

  • New DSP web page

    The Democratic Socialist Party has a new web page. It can be accessed at http://www.peg.apc.org/~dsp. It aims to be not only an accessible introduction to the views and activities of the DSP, but also an extensive resource of DSP

  • African dance music courtesy of East Timor

    African dance music courtesy of East TimorPERTH — The unique sounds of Jah Era will feature at a Reggae Against Racism here on September 21. The mix of cultural influences in the band is best reflected in Angelo

  • Boy meets girl

    Boy meets girl ... who used to be a boy Different for GirlsDirected by Richard SpenceStarring Rupert Graves and Steven MacintoshScreening at the Luna Cinema in Perth and selected cinemas nationwide Review by Corrine Glenn This is a tale of

  • Cars, chaos and death — but no princess

    Cars, chaos and death — but no princess AutogeddonBy Heathcote Williams and Nightshift Theatre AsylumSt Stephens Church, Newtown, Sydney Review by Brendan Doyle The timing was brilliant, but not, alas, the publicity. Here's a group

  • Rage Against Racism

    Rage Against RacismBRISBANE — A Rage Against Racism was held at the University of Queensland on September 4. The event was organised by the RAGE ticket in the student union election. The money raised will go to