Articles by Lawrence Gibbons
Pulp Friction
Every year around this time, Australia's newspaper executives gather to hear the same grim news. This year ... Read more
BEST LAKSA: KOPITIAM
Every expense has been spared in decorating the joint; but the mismatched tacky tables and the wobbly ... Read more
Sydney’s Best Just Keeps on Getting Better
Last Monday my sister and her family of four flew in from California for a week. While ... Read more
On Your Bikes Back of Bourke? Right.
Never mind getting on your bike, here in Darlinghurst the prospect of taking to the street by ... Read more
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An Abbott Proof Fence
Wake me when it's over. We live in the middle of a vast, yawning political divide here ... Read more
OPERA: THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST
The Girl of the Golden West is the world's first spaghetti western. Set just after the ... Read more
Poles apart: what Julia can learn from her Icelandic counterpart
Just a few days after Julia Gillard became Australia's first unwed female Prime Minister, on a distant ... Read more
Queens of the Realm
Bugger the blokes; women are running Sydney. How many major metropolises can boast that the head of ... Read more
Not a Bad Place to Be on Planet Earth
Sydney is one of the world's truly great cities. Over the Queen's Birthday long weekend I went ... Read more
Porn Again Christians
In late April a 25-year-old gay man was sentenced to serve three months jail for selling X-rated ... 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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