Articles by Sophie Tarr
THE VOICES PROJECT 2012: THE ONE SURE THING
There are, as they say, two sure things in life: death and taxes. Part of me is disappointed ... Read more
NEVER DID ME ANY HARM
It used to be that, in polite company, you didn’t talk money, politics or sex unless ... Read more
TOOMELAH
The price of a ticket to Toomelah, Ivan Sen's unsparing portrayal of Indigenous community life, should include ... Read more
THE GAB
Lee Lewis has a touch of stage fright. You’d think the fear glands would have well and truly ... Read more
GROSS UND KLEIN
It takes a moment for the clapping to begin. Botho Strauss' Gross und Klein (Big and Small) was ... Read more
ACTING ON INK
Poetry gets my blood up. Mary Karr, William Yeats, Joan Didion: their chefs d’oeuvre are going in ... Read more
POSTS IN THE PADDOCK
Every family has its skeletons: the stories that don’t get told, the ones that all the children ... Read more
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SAM SIMMONS’ THE PRECISE HISTORY OF THINGS
Sam Simmons’ greatest fan thinks he has a touch of the ‘forever alone’ about him, ... Read more
SYDNEY FRINGE: JOHN & JEN
John & Jen has to be the first tale of sibling rivalry I’ve come across in ... Read more
LUCIE THORNE
There are two good reasons not to go comparing Lucie Thorne to PJ Harvey, Cat Power or ... 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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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
