Articles by Emma Salkild
HOME BREW FESTIVAL
Three years ago Old Fitzroyers Phil Spencer and Brett Pritchard decided they’d been working hard and deserved ... Read more
TO THE DEATH
“Funny, fun and intricate,” is how writer/director Maddy Butler describes her dark comedy, To the Death. The ... Read more
BONDI DREAMING
What would you do if you were stuck in a Balinese prison, biding time until your death ... Read more
COUP D’ETAT
It won the 2002 Banff PlayRites Residency, was nominated for the Best Play AWGIE Award and made ... Read more
NOVEMBERISM
This November theatre lovers and emerging writers are given the chance to be a part of a ... Read more
SPICKS & SPECK-TACULAR
There’s a lot of crap on TV but Spicks and Specks is something all Aussies can agree ... Read more
BARGAIN GARDEN
‘Why do we consume so much?’ is the central question posed in the latest performance piece by ... Read more
TITUS ANDRONICUS
If this play had a rating it would be R, if it were a book it would ... Read more
A NEW BRAIN
Sydney-based production company Squabbalogic are bringing a slice of New York Broadway to Marrickville. A New Brain ... Read more
MUM’S IN: STORIES FROM RAZORHURST
If Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh time travelled to Darlinghurst today what would they think? “They’d think ... 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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