Articles by Mark Gertskis
GIG: MISTER & SUNBIRD
Take a nice cut of the choicest guitars, double bass and banjos, throw in a good measure ... Read more
THEATRE: RUBY MOON
What would you do if your daughter set off down the street and never came back? How ... Read more
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GIG: COCOON
Think French folk and, more than likely, it will have something to do with accordions and violins, ... Read more
MOVIE: THE BOYS ARE BACK
Director Scott Hicks of Shine fame returns to his native South Australia to deliver a ponderous, funny ... Read more
THEATRE: BLISS
Just like the vacuous lives of self-obsessed starlets, their glossy magazine photos and the desperate, insatiable worship ... 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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