Articles by Sophie Tarr
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
BEAUTIFUL LIES
Beautiful Lies, sure – but not terribly convincing. This latest offering from director Pierre Salvadori ... Read more
STAINLESS STEEL RAT
You do kind of get the impression that, were he in the audience, Julian Assange would love ... Read more
EDWARD GANT’S AMAZING FEATS OF LONELINESS
Roll up, roll up! Witness the whimsy! Marvel at the meta-theatre! Welcome to Edward Gant’s Amazing ... Read more
LITTLE WHITE LIES
When party-hard Ludo (Jean Dujardin) gets into a disagreement with a truck while driving home from the ... Read more
PENELOPE
Men get all the glory. Take Odysseus: the bloke went off to war, had a run-in ... 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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