Articles by Lawrence Gibbons
Bringing Back the Golden Mile’s Bling
Last week Lord Mayor Clover Moore refused a request to meet with local business leaders to discuss ... Read more
Marching Down the Aisle with a Placard in their Hands
This Saturday, gay rights activists will rally outside Sydney Town Hall to demand the recognition of same ... Read more
Moore or Less
Amidst all the excitement following the execution of the arrogant, self serving and reprehensibly inept State Labor ... Read more
Mon April 11th, 2011 - 2 Comments
Death of an Advertising Salesman
This week, Rupert Murdoch quietly shuttered yet another local publication in Inner Sydney. On March 14th, Nine ... Read more
Fri March 18th, 2011 - 3 Comments
PARTENOPE
Handel’s obscure early eighteenth century comic opera Partenope is juxtaposed against Man Ray’s surrealist artwork of the ... Read more
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
Opera Australia has lined up three of the most popular operas in the traditional canon for their ... Read more
No one is cleverer than Clever Moore
With a state election less than one month away, Sydney’s Local Member and Lord Mayor, Clover Moore ... Read more
Crowded House
As the the State Labor Party’s sixteen year long reign draws to a close, inner city residents ... Read more
Thu February 17th, 2011 - 5 Comments
CARMEN
Opera Australia’s current production of Carmen is a sensuous affair. Rinat Shaham – the Israeli born mezzo ... Read more
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
If you have never been to the opera, Madama Butterfly is an excellent place to start: the ... Read more
Arts & Entertainment
Music
JIM KEAYS - DIRTY DIRTY
When he told you to "Turn up ...
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SUZY CONNOLLY - NIGHT LARKS
It could be said that Suzy Connolly ...
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THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
Claiming their new stuff is about, "feeling, ...
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Theatre
THE VOICES PROJECT 2012: THE ONE SURE THING
There are, as they say, two sure ...
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BABYTEETH
Otherwise known as reborner or deciduous teeth, ...
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THE JINGLISTS
Tamarama Rock Surfers’ The Jinglists is a ...
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Events
YARN STORYTELLING
If you’re a yarn spinner or a ...
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THE OXFORD ST DESIGN STORE
Aesthetes, crafters, design geeks and shop-a-holics stand ...
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THE POETRY OF MARDI GRAS
From its humble beginnings on the Eastside ...
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Comedy
RAW COMEDY 2012
If you can reel off the likes ...
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LAUGH YOUR TITS OFF
Laugh Your Tits Off promises a, “very ...
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WIL ANDERSON
Get ready for the witty, gritty and ...
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Books
BETTY CHURCHER
Like a surgeon losing the functionality of ...
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THEATRE, DEMOCRACY & THE END OF DISTRACTION
In my interview with 67-year-old Aboriginal actor ...
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GUWANYI - POETRY IN THE PARK
The National Aboriginal Writers’ Festival is still ...
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Exhibitions
BRONWYN BANCROFT: POWER, PASSION, POLITICS
A Bundjalung artist of the Djanbun clan, ...
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CRASH PAINTINGS
It may seem like an unlikely source ...
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SAMUEL HODGE
Watching the red 'sold' dots breaking out ...
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Movies
