The inaugural Irish Film Festival hit Sydney on the weekend with several Australian premieres. The Irish Film Festival’s director, Dr Enda Murray, worked in conjunction with the local Irish community to export some home-grown cinema […]
Category: Festivals
TRYGVE WAKENSHAW: KRAKEN
Physical comedy at its finest – a glare, a contortion or sideways glance from this one-man show was enough to have the audience rolling around in laughter. The star barely spoke – instead getting the […]
LUMINOUS
Bodypainting, acrobatics, circus tricks, contortion and a little humour made for a very fun night. ‘Luminous’ relies on blacklight and takes place in total darkness. The characters develop as UV body paint is quickly applied […]
PROMISE AND PROMISCUITY: A NEW MUSICAL BY JANE AUSTEN AND PENNY ASHTON
A musical take-off of Victorian sensibilities and Jane Austen’s collective achievements, ‘Promise and Promiscuity’ will appeal to both fans of Bath’s most famous resident and almost anyone else who had to read her in high […]
SHOTSPEARE PRESENTS ROMEO & JULIET
It’s exactly what it sounds like. A comedy production of Romeo and Juliet, 5 actors, one random audience member adopted by the cast and a lot of alcohol. The play is condensed so the actors […]
Wish I Was Here: Zach Braff’s Garden Nation
Remember Garden State? The emotive, tightly-scripted feature debut by Zach Braff? He’s not a one-trick pony, but he’s ridden the same horse into town. ‘Wish I Was Here’ is the story of Aidan Bloom (Braff) getting […]
Snowpiercer: What do you achieve at the end of time?
Chris Evans is finished. The young, handsome, highly prolific Captain America has announced that he will not pursue acting beyond his Marvel Contract and the Avengers sequels. So what does an actor with every door […]
Stage Fright: A,B,C or all of the above
I told some friends that there was a comedy-horror-musical mash-up at the Sydney Film Festival and was politely relegated to seeing this one on my own. ‘Stage Fright’ is an acquired taste, a film one could […]
