REVIEW: Once – haunting and breathtakingly beautiful

Kiran Gupta reviews Darlinghurst Theatre Company’s Once at Eternity Playhouse. Over the last two decades or so, there has been a marked increase in movie musicals as film producers scramble to adapt the latest (or classic) Broadway showstopper to the big screen. It is somewhat rarer to see a movie adapted into a musical. Once…

ByKiran Gupta7 July 2022

Review

REVIEW: Nude Tuesday – hilariously unhinged, fantastically lewd and fabulous feel-good fun

Ewan Jackman reviews Nude Tuesday at this year’s Sydney Film Festival It’s impossible to prepare yourself before watching this hilariously absurd comedy. Jumping from one joke to another, Nude Tuesday (2022) holds nothing back with numerous hyper-sexual and lewd punchlines from beginning to end. The film follows the well-trodden tale of a couple, Bruno (Damon…

ByEwan Jackman27 June 2022

Review

REVIEW: Mary Poppins: A world of delight, nostalgia and family fun!

Kiran Gupta reviews Mary Poppins at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre. The last time I saw Mary Poppins, I was 12 years old. It was one of my first shows and I didn’t really understand theatre. But even then, I was amazed by the effects, the cast and the story. For children, it really does transport them…

ByKiran Gupta27 June 2022

Review

Jagged Little Pill hits the Theatre Royal this week

Kiran Gupta looks ahead to Jagged Little Pill When I saw Jagged Little Pill in Melbourne, I was astounded. It had everything you could want from a musical, a great story, great music, social awareness and most importantly, a stellar cast. Now, after a limited season at the end of December in 2021, Jagged Little…

ByKiran Gupta16 June 2022

Review

10 Films to Watch at 2022 Sydney Film Festival

Ewan Jackman talks about the best films to watch at this year’s Sydney Film Festival After a delayed and unconventionally virtual film festival last November, the Sydney Film Festival has prepared a complete return to normality in just 6 months. As Deanne Weir, the festival chair, pointed out how “storytellers kept us entertained and sane”…

ByEwan Jackman20 May 2022

Review

REVIEW: seven methods of killing kylie jenner – symbolic, compelling and an exquisite exploitation of the dramatic form

seven methods of killing kylie jenner by Jasmine Lee-Jones Darlinghurst Theatre Company (DTC) and Green Door Theatre Company (GDTC)- Darlinghurst Theatre, Eternity Playhouse. Witty, funny and compelling. seven methods of killing kylie jenner masterfully captures the complexities of being a Black woman and takes a deep-dive into racism, colourism and the commodification of Black women’s…

ByKupakwashe (Kupa) Matangira17 February 2022

Opinion

Manifestos: A Genre of Paradox

Emily Hewitt-Park talks all things manifesto, taking a deep dive into the genre and its evolution into the present day. “Every page should explode. Either because of its staggering absurdity, the enthusiasm of its principles, or its typography.” Tristan Tzara, Manifesti del dadaismo (Dada Manifesto) Throughout history, conflict and literature have remained inexplicably tethered. …

ByEmily Hewitt-Park25 November 2021

Opinion

“The rest is silence”: the death of vaping in Australia

Jules Vahl looks into vaping and analyses the new vaping laws. The tobacco industry is the scummiest, most disgraceful institution known to humankind, which is why it gave me great pleasure to read that the use of vapes has finally been restricted to their only productive purpose: to help smokers quit smoking. From October 1 2021, vapes…

ByJules Vahl4 November 2021

Collaborative

Interpreting the Artificial

Nina Friars and Netra Hankins produce an art journal that deconstructs the artificially constructed. A GUIDE TO READING THIS JOURNAL We implore our readers not to go through the world complacently. We encourage our readers to not mindlessly consume, but instead, to actively question and critically re-evaluate what is deemed objective. Society has developed in…

ByNina Friars12 October 2021

Uncategorised

The Meaning of Grace at Formal Dinner, Among Other Latin Phrases

Resident Fresher ‘Latinist’ Jules Vahl does a deep dive into the mystical world of Latin mottos, interrogating everything from Sydney high schools to St Andrew’s College itself. It’s Monday evening: Formal Dinner at St Andrew’s College. All the normal pomp and circumstance. Before we eat, Principal Wayne Erickson speaks an ancient, supposedly “dead” language that…

ByJules Vahl3 August 2021