EB Games Expo 2015
Here’s a fact about me — I’m not what you call a hard-core gaming fanatic who is fluent in Call of Duty jargon or gets an adrenaline rush from killing the Undead in the Evil Within. My hand-eye coordination is…
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Anti-Romantic Comedy
As the Sydney Theatre Company’s latest production of Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man commences, we see into a luxurious, candelabra-lit Victorian bedroom suite, complete with balcony fit for a ‘wherefore-art-thou-Romeo’ scene. There are hoop skirts and bustles, bonnets and…
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Sydney
I had the pleasure of attending the Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival in Sydney on Saturday 26th September, and positively loved it! For someone like myself in particular, who was yet to grace an event of the sort, this was an experience like no…
Oz Comic-Con 2015
“That man is playing Galaga! Thought we wouldn’t notice, but we did.” That’s what Tony Stark said. Clearly not referring to the Oz Comic-Con. But he could have say that last weekend in Rozelle. Well, the authentic one or one of…
Feast Your Eyes (and Ears) On This…
“A gorgeous feast of sound and movement” – that is how Australia’s own nightingale, Katie Noonan, describes Triptych, the Sydney Dance Company’s latest program, which she is currently performing in and which premiered in Sydney on Tuesday September 25. “Triptych…
Salsa in Sydney with Salsa Republic
One in five people in Sydney dance salsa. Ok, I may have entirely made up that stat, but I’d be far from surprised if that number undershot reality. Sydney has a salsa fetish – in the best possible way. Be…
Absinthe by Spiegelworld
I was fortunate enough to have been invited to the opening night of the show ‘Absinthe’ in Hyde Park. Considering Absinthe has been a running show in Las Vegas for the past 4 years, I knew the level of acrobatics…
The Bar that Jack Built
September is an important month lovers whiskey lovers, it’s the month of Jack Daniels’ birthday. The whiskey giant created the world’s first crowd-sourced bar in Sydney in 2014 and they stepped it up this year with The Bar That Jack…
Sydney Jewish Writers’ Festival
The Sydney Jewish Writers Festival took place over the last weekend of August at the normally quiet Waverly Library, which found itself closed off to the general public as literary enthusiasts gathered to enjoy conversation with some of the most…
Pan Review
An inappropriately fast paced feast of outlandish extravagance and underwhelming emotions as well as characters. Over the years Joe Wright has proven himself to be a capable director with the likes of Anna Karenina, Atonement and Pride & Prejudice, as…