Articles by Sophie Mallam
THEATRE: OUR TOWN
It’s the play Soviet Russia banned in occupied Berlin for fear it would inspire a German suicide ... Read more
BALLET: BODYTORQUE A LA MODE
"We’re here to take people away from the world and into another world," says Daniel Gaudiello, South ... Read more
THEATRE: HONOUR
"This is four individual stories, not archetypal branding," says actor Yael Stone, on her role as Sophie ... Read more
DANCE: NEW CREATIONS
It’s usually hard to quantify the difference between greatness and the things that merely touch it – ... Read more
THEATRE: DEATH IN BOWENGABBIE
"In a way it’s a microcosm of Adelaide, because, you know, there’s a bit of me in ... Read more
21ST ALLIANCE FRANCAIS FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL
Twenty-first birthdays in Australia normally conjure visions of beer-soaked depravity and over-sized keys. I’ve even been to one ... Read more
DANCE: MATTHINA
What happens to a child when you remove her from home to be raised elsewhere? It’s a ... Read more
EXHIBITION: EDGE OF ELSEWHERE
Given there are now many more Sydney-siders living in Western Sydney than elsewhere, it seems incredible that ... Read more
THEATRE: THE FENCE
A soft dusk falls on Parramatta; the evening a simmering chorus of crickets, bats overhead, and, no ... Read more
MOVIE: BRAN NUE DAE
"I’m sorry, what?" was my first thought in one of the early musical sequences of Bran Nue ... 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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