If you’d rather not surf on a 35-knot tailwind inside a real 40-foot yacht, then hop on board the vicarious version.
To celebrate the Sydney-Hobart race, kicking off every Boxing Day, I’ve just attached a feature from a few years back, the result of a mad voyage I took in 1999, the year after the lethal [...]
Shortly, sweetly, the festival ends. Three weeks. Sixty plays. And 14 prizes.
Rather than a gala night – showcasing the Fest’s top 10 plays – those at the helm have steered towards a foyer bash at the end of Week 3 to announce the overall champs.
But really, perhaps sounding like a philosophising alsoran, every playwright is [...]
Silly season is a puzzler’s peak season, with quizzes, crosswords and other diversions in high demand. For those who enjoy an Astlesque challenge, look out for:
WHODINI – a new riddle-laced crossword to appear pre-Christmas in the Sunday Age. (A large grid, with a pop-cultural flavour, Whodini is slated to appear as part of a monthly [...]
Can someone please explain the appeal of burlesque theatre? Is it the sleaze factor? The decadence? The chance to max out in frills and fishnet?
Because I get the ‘aesthetic’ – but that’s not enough to propel a story. It’s like saying hiphop is its own reward. Or art-deco is so bewitching, who needs architecture?
Sorry. I’m [...]
Snags have sizzled, corks popped, ribbons snipped, speeches made”¦.now the real Short & Sweet Festival begins. The plays are in play.
Week One is in full swing in Melbourne, the first third of the Top 30 scripts, playing in the Fairfax Bunker below the Arts Centre.
As a fellow writer I won’t play critic, but I can [...]