February 26

Freshly Squeezed – Collaborative theatre that examines collaboration. (Theatre review)

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Freshly Squeezed PACT Gallery – find out more here. Unfortunately I’ve had a very busy February, and where I intended to write-up Freshly Squeezed the night I attended, I missed out and therefore this marvellous show that only ran for two nights, is now gone from the PACT theatre and I will just have to […]

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February 25

A Most Violent Year – First you get the money, then you get the power, then you have a film. (Film Review)

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J.C. Chandor excels at pinpointing and extending the single crucial moment that makes or breaks a psyche into powerhouse suspense film that evolves into very contemporary morality tales revolving around a chicken coming home to roost, rather than chance or the turn of a fateful card. IHowever, in each of his three films, there remains the crucial […]

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February 23

Piccolo Tales – A living breathing piece of Kings Cross speaks. (Theatre Review)

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Piccolo Tales The Piccolo Cafe, 12 Roslyn Street, Kings Cross You can grab your tickets here. Of all the delightful places to hold a slice of mini-theatre, a cafe in Kings Cross sounds like a crazy idea, untill you walk down Roslyn street, see the chairs set up on the footpath staring directly into a […]

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February 20

Short and Sweet Week 6 and Wildcards Week 7. (Theatre Review)

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 Short and Sweet The Factory Theatre, Marrickville Through to end of March – You can buy your tickets here. Photo credits: Sylvi Soe The Factory Theatre in Marrickville is buzzing at the moment with the final two weeks of the annual Short and Sweet theatre competition. I’m lucky enough to be a part of it […]

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February 19

Rosewater – Jon Stewart and that comic political touch. (Film Review)

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Politics hasn’t been my thing since it started to make me so angry I couldn’t get through the day without a headache, but I confess to being excited, like all obedient left wingers, at the 2010 – 2012 Arab Spring. Even with the endless coverage it did and still receives, we know we haven’t seen […]

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February 17

Short and Sweet Week 7, where I put it all out there and direct. (Article)

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Feather Short and Sweet Wildcards Week 7 Saturday 21 at 2.30pm, Sunday 22 at noon and Monday 23 at 7.30pm. The Fuse Box, The Factory Theatre, Marrickville. You can grab your tickets here. There are lots of interesting festivals happening in Sydney at the moment, but I have to confess my love is with Short […]

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February 17

Cock – What are relationships for? (Theatre review)

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Cock  Old Fitz Theatre / Red Line Productions 3 Feb to 6 March You can grab your tickets here. Feminists and the gay community have been at odds for decades over the question of nature v’s nurture. It is essential to the feminist oeuvre that women are made not born and it is equally essential […]

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February 16

Boy Mets Girl – We are all imposing sterotypes. (Mardi Gras Film Festival Review)

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Boy Meets Girl is just one of the attractions at this years Sydney Mardi Gras film festival, Feb 19 to Mar 5. Grab your tickets here. Boy Meets Girl is a complicated film wrapped up in a simplistic tale. It’s brilliance teeters on three clever filmic devices; the warm and engaging nature of Michelle Hendley, […]

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February 15

Fifty Shades of Grey – A fan film for females crazy like that. (Film Review)

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  In a marvellous ‘fuck you’ to the critics (Rotten Tomatoes has Fifty Shades of Grey currently marked down to 28% by the 3/4 male critical audience) Universal refused previews, knowing from the start the film was directed specifically to the fans and more interestingly that the target audience would grow with word of mouth […]

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February 13

Gaybies – The kids are alright at The Eterntiy Playhouse. (Theatre Review)

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Gaybies  6 Feb to 8 March at Eternity Playhouse (Darlinghurst Theatre Company) You can grab your tickets here. Photo credits: Helen White One of my favourite pieces of nostalgia is Reality Bites, mostly for the single moment when Janeane Garofalo stares into the camera and says with all the wreck and woe of early twenties […]

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