Articles by Mark Gertskis
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
Along with the Bard’s dramatic opus, Hamlet, The Taming Of The Shrew is this year’s offering at ... Read more
TOWER HEIST
If you were after this year’s light-hearted crime caper offering, you’ve come to the right place. Luxury ... Read more
THE SKIN I LIVE IN
Renowned Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s latest offering, The Skin I Live In, is on the surface a ... Read more
NO MAN’S LAND
The master of menace will return to our shores when the Sydney Theatre Company stages Harold Pinter’s ... Read more
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TAKING SHELTER
Mental illness can strike anyone, anywhere – even when you’re regular guy in Anytown, USA. That seems ... Read more
GIG: WASHINGTON + BIRDS & BELLES
Fresh from a packed show at the Peats Ridge festival, and having just wrapped up their first ... Read more
MOVIE: SEPARATION CITY
It seems film makers, along with novelists and songwriters and just about anyone else with something to ... Read more
MOVIE: A PROPHET
Grim, gritty, violent, and almost entirely set in a prison, A Prophet is by no means a ... Read more
THEATRE: SHORT+SWEET WEEK 3
It’s not the size that matters but what you do with it. That was certainly the case ... Read more
FLICKERFEST 2010
A film about grief and growing up written and directed by Newtown-based film maker Craig Boreham is ... 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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