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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 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

As a labour researcher with the metalworkers' union, Peter Ewer went to the Latrobe Valley in 1988 to run shop stewards' training courses and "convince workers of the merits of award restructuring and the benefits of higher

The Black AdderChannel 7, Thursdays 11.05pm Review by Al McCall It's back from the video vaults, resurrected on rewind — Black Adder has returned. "Black Adder, Black Adder, with many a cunning plan. Black Adder, Black Adder, you horrid little

Rock Against RacismSYDNEY — Four hundred rockers crowded into the Harbourside Brassiere on August 28 to protest against racism and to listen to 13 of Australia's best known bands. The bands performing at Rock Against Racism

Not much change in the world The Way of the WorldBy William CongrevePerformed by the Victorian College of the Arts School of DramaDirected by Robert DraffinGrant Street Theatre, VCA, MelbourneUntil September 6 Review by Bronwen Beechey For

Keyboard SkillsBy Lesley BruceEnsemble Theatre, SydneyUntil September 20 Honourby Joanna Murray-SmithThe Wharf, Sydney Review by Mark Stoyich Two plays in Sydney at the moment show what some women think of some men. Interestingly, although the

Earlier this month a groundbreaking exhibition opened at Newcastle Regional Museum. "Hunter Pride: A Celebration of the Lives and Loves of the Hunter Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Community" is the first community sponsored,

Wall Street — How It Works and for WhomBy Doug HenwoodVerso, 1997, 372 pp. Review by Eva Cheng The US-based progressive periodical Left Business Observer has for years been a valuable source of information and sharp analysis of the US economy

Debate: Voices from the South African LeftIssue 3, 1997 Review by Ben Courtice Debate is an impressive new publication — first printed in 1996 — devoted to questions of socialist analysis and strategy, centred on the South African left

BRISBANE — Teatro de los Elementos (Theatre of the Elements), founded in 1991, is a community theatre company that works in central Cuba at Cumanayagua in Cienfuegos province. Through its work, communities isolated from urban

Leaping off the edge The Women's Circus, based in Melbourne, is an innovative community arts project. Now it has been documented in the splendid book, Women's Circus: Leaping Off the Edge. The book's authors, women who have performed in the