Articles by Tara Parsons
EXHIBITION: SYDNEY JEWISH MUSEUM
As my companion and I walked into the Sydney Jewish Museum we were met by two friendly ... Read more
Mon August 2nd, 2010 - 3 Comments
THEATRE: NEW DIRECTIONS
A little season of big ideas is how New Theatre describes New Directions, its annual mini-season of ... Read more
THEATRE: UNDER MILK WOOD
In 1954, Welsh poet Dylan Thomas penned a radio play entitled Under Milk Wood, written as a ... Read more
THEATRE: W;T
Vivian Bearing is a professor of 17th century poetry, specialising in the works of John Donne. She ... Read more
NEWTOWN FLICKS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
If you reckon you and your mate are the next David and Margaret – or you just ... Read more
MUSIC: FOURPLAY
FourPlay defy convention. Made up of mates who met in the Australian Youth Orchestra, this once traditional ... Read more
THEATRE: STOCKHOLM
Complex physicality and quality production are the big stars in Bryony Lavery’s Stockholm, a collaboration between the ... Read more
Mon March 22nd, 2010 - 1 Comment
THEATRE: STOCKHOLM
Love is never simple. Relationships are never all they seem. Australian actors Socratis Otto and Leeanna Walsman ... Read more
CASABLANCA NIGHTS
The sophisticated jazz clubs of old are all but wiped-out in Sydney, locals having to rely upon ... Read more
COMEDY: MACHOMER
It’s been hailed a, “Masterpiece of high-low cultural fusion” (Saturday Night Magazine) that’s both, “Hilarious and awe-inspiring” ... 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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