Articles by Angela Bennetts
A cheeky peek under Sydney’s Fringe
The Sydney Fringe Festival is a bit of a perve. It promises to peek under the skirts ... Read more
THE BLAKE PRIZE & AVANT-ART
Like most of Australia's biggest art prizes, the Blake has been earmarked by controversy since its inception ... Read more
SYDNEY FRINGE: A TINY CHORUS
This may be a clown show, but don't expect any banana peels. There will be a stray ... Read more
THEATRE: QUACK
Taking the homespun Australiana of A Country Practice, the humorously haemoglobin-drenched A Shaun of the Dead, with ... Read more
GIVEAWAY: THE LAST SUMMER OF LA BOYITA
Thanks to the Latin American Film Festival, we have a double pass to see The Last Summer ... Read more
THEATRE: AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY
August: Osage County is a family affair. Playwright Tracy Letts based the she-devil, drug-addled matriarch Violet Weston ... Read more
THEATRE: GWEN IN PURGATORY
I will hazard a guess that 99.9% of those walking out of Gwen in Purgatory will be ... Read more
BEST COAST – CRAZY FOR YOU
It's a good thing this album is so genuinely sweet; otherwise it'd be the kind that'd worry ... Read more
Warning, Sydney: Graphic scenes ahead
"The illustration scene in Australia? I'm still looking for it." So quips Scotland-born, Brisbane-based illustrator Eddie Campbell. ... Read more
THE ARRIVAL: BEN WALSH x SHAUN TAN
It started with a love-at-first-sight moment in a bookshop. Along with many others, musician Ben Walsh fell ... Read more
Arts & Entertainment
Music
ISOBEL CAMBELL & MARK LANEGAN - HAWK
Hawk is the third album from this ...
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PETER BRODERICK - HOW THEY ARE
Like a musical mutation of Will Oldham ...
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CHARLIE PARR - WHEN THE DEVIL GOES BLIND
Charlie Parr, by his own admission is ...
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Theatre
THEATRE: YELLOW MOON
Director Susanna Dowling describes Yellow Moon as, ...
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OPERA: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Gilbert & Sullivan is a cash cow ...
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SYDNEY FRINGE: A TINY CHORUS
This may be a clown show, but ...
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Events
EVENT: THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES
Think you know art? Think you've seen ...
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GUERILLA WORD ARMY & THE AUSTRALIAN POETRY FESTIVAL
Sydney's Central Business District will be the ...
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Warning, Sydney: Graphic scenes ahead
"The illustration scene in Australia? I'm still ...
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Comedy
COMEDY: KITTY FLANAGAN
Kitty is a lot more cautious than ...
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THEATRESPORTS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
I await the day when my local ...
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COMEDY: FEAR OF A BROWN PLANET
"It's a play on Fear of a ...
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Books
PECHA KUCHA 20x20 FOR HAITI
Like most great things in this world, ...
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MANDY SAYER'S AUSTRALIAN LONG STORY
Let's face it; loads of people don't ...
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TALKS: SYDNEY IDEAS
Thinking about public lectures, I find myself ...
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Exhibitions
THE BLAKE PRIZE & AVANT-ART
Like most of Australia's biggest art prizes, ...
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EXHIBITION: MCA NEW SEASON
PRIMAVERA 2010 This year's annual Primavera exhibition showcasing ...
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EXHIBITION: PAINTING THE ROCKS
The Rocks were once described as the, ...
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Movies
MOVIE: PIRANHA 3D
Utterly ridiculous; these two words best sum ...
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MOVIE: GOING THE DISTANCE
When Garrett (Justin Long) and Erin (Drew ...
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THE BOY AT HEART AND BOY
Director/actor/writer Taika Waititi (Eagle vs ...
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