Articles by Antonia Hayes
PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS
The latest from Aardman Animations (creators of Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run), The Pirates! Band of ... Read more
MACBETH
Productions of Macbeth have long been riddled with superstition and bad luck, and Bell Shakespeare’s latest ... Read more
ALAN HOLLINGHURST
Alan Hollinghurst has a preoccupation with time. While he wrote his latest novel, The Stranger’s Child, he was ... Read more
J. EDGAR
Director Clint Eastwood tackles the sweeping, long reign of J. Edgar Hoover, first Director of the Federal ... Read more
THE MERRY WIDOW
Originally created for The Australian Ballet in 1975, the latest production of The Merry Widow has a ... Read more
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Actor and playwright Toby Schmitz calls Much Ado About Nothing the original rom-com - it's high romance ... Read more
SYDNEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
Between the Anzac Bridge and the Inner West flight path, Bicentennial Park on the Glebe Foreshore is ... Read more
LOVE LOSS & WHAT I WORE
Written by Nora and Delia Ephron, Love, Loss and What I Wore, is about women and their ... Read more
MCA SUMMER SEASON
BARDAYAL ‘LOFTY’ NADJAMERREK Bardayal ‘Lofty’ Nadjamerrek was an important and acclaimed Aboriginal artist, leader, storyteller and conversationalist. Born ... Read more
THEATRE: DESIREE DIN & THE RED FOREST
Youngest in the family, Desiree Din feels overlooked and unappreciated. A fight with her brother, sister, ... Read more
Arts & Entertainment
Music
DEATH GRIPS - THE MONEY STORE
After attracting a lot of attention for ...
Read moreJULIA HOLTER - EKSTASIS
Swirling sounds of multiple melodies and many ...
Read moreTHE BLACK SEEDS - DUST AND DIRT
New Zealand reggae-soul hard hitters The Black ...
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Theatre
STRANGE INTERLUDE
Known as American dramatist Eugene O’Neill’s 1923 ...
Read moreWHEN DAD MARRIED FURY
When your banker dad who has a ...
Read moreREASONS TO BE PRETTY
Reasons To Be Pretty certainly opens with ...
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Events
SYDNEY WRITERS' FESTIVAL: your week sorted with our shortlist
May 14: National Biography Award It’s hard to ...
Read moreTHE WRITER'S PLAYROOM: BENITO DI FONZO
Playwright, poet and performer Benito Di Fonzo ...
Read moreWEATHER FESTIVAL
MY 21st birthday party involved a lot ...
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Comedy
BOB DOWNE'S 20 GOLDEN GREATS
Bob Downe is back and with him ...
Read moreTHEATRESPORTS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Leave the maroon and blues at home ...
Read moreTOMMY DEAN
It’s hard to forget this United States-bred, ...
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Books
THE PRIVATE, THE PUBLIC, AND THE LINE IN BETWEEN
You know that old line, ‘whoever invokes ...
Read moreBEHIND THE LINES
Published in newspapers, journals and online, cartoons ...
Read moreAN EVENING WITH RICHARD DAWKINS
Richard Dawkins is not one to shy ...
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Exhibitions
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
While Harry Potter die-hards may still be ...
Read moreHUNTERS HILL ART EXHIBITION
Hunters Hill, the little suburb that could. ...
Read moreEXPOSED
It’s fitting that the Latin root for ...
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Movies
DARK SHADOWS
Every yahoo off the street knows you ...
Read moreTHE DICTATOR
Critics will tear this film apart. The ...
Read moreSYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: INFINITE STORIES
When you’re faced with a film festival ...
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