Articles by Michelle Porter
REASONS TO BE PRETTY
Reasons To Be Pretty certainly opens with a bang. Steph (Julia Grace) screams and rages with loads ... Read more
THE NEW ELECTRIC BALLROOM
In a remote fishing village, three sisters – Breda, Clara and Ada – live in the enclosed ... Read more
BABYTEETH
On the surface, Anna, Henry and Milla, seem to be living an ordinary family life in Sydney ... Read more
THE NEW ELECTRIC BALLROOM
Have you ever been unable to break a self-defeating pattern? Have you ever become stuck in retelling the ... Read more
ORDINARY DAYS
Ordinary Days is an original musical following four young New Yorkers whose lives intersect serendipitously in some ... Read more
Mon January 30th, 2012 - 1 Comment
MORE THAN ALL THE LITTLE PEARLY SHELLS
More Than All The Little Pearly Shells features the work of Adolf Gustav Plate, a late 19th ... Read more
THE DARK ROOM
In a motel somewhere in the Northern Territory, six lost souls act out a distant tragedy of ... Read more
BIRTHDAY
M is a prostitute with a heart of gold. On her 25th Birthday not only does she ... Read more
THEATRE: THE CHRONIC ILLS OF ROBERT ZIMMERMAN AKA BOB DYLAN (A LIE)
You can see why The Chronic Ills of Robert Zimmerman AKA BOB DYLAN (A LIE) – a ... Read more
Mon October 25th, 2010 - 1 Comment
MOVIE: SAGAN
When 19 year-old Francoise Sagan shot to fame in 1954 with her debut novel, Bonjour Tristesse (Hello ... Read more
Arts & Entertainment
Music
DEATH GRIPS - THE MONEY STORE
After attracting a lot of attention for ...
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JULIA HOLTER - EKSTASIS
Swirling sounds of multiple melodies and many ...
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THE 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 ...
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WHEN DAD MARRIED FURY
When your banker dad who has a ...
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REASONS 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 ...
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THE WRITER'S PLAYROOM: BENITO DI FONZO
Playwright, poet and performer Benito Di Fonzo ...
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WEATHER 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 ...
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THEATRESPORTS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Leave the maroon and blues at home ...
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TOMMY 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 ...
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BEHIND THE LINES
Published in newspapers, journals and online, cartoons ...
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AN 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 ...
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HUNTERS HILL ART EXHIBITION
Hunters Hill, the little suburb that could. ...
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EXPOSED
It’s fitting that the Latin root for ...
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Movies
DARK SHADOWS
Every yahoo off the street knows you ...
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THE DICTATOR
Critics will tear this film apart. The ...
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SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: INFINITE STORIES
When you’re faced with a film festival ...
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