musical theatre “Little Shop of Horrors” Lyrics by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken and directed by Ron Dowd Canberra Philharmonic Society At Erindale Theatre, until November 2. Reviewed by Len Power
NO matter how much blood, sweat and tears, opening a new restaurant can throw up nasty surprises. My heart went out to Morks, which opened at Kingston Foreshore mid-September. During its first couple of days […]
“The Wharf Revue – Whoops!” Written and Created by Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott. Sydney Theatre Company At The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre, until October 19 Reviewed by Len Power
music Creek-Rumsey Piano Duo and Friends At Wesley Music Centre, October 12 Reviewed by Clinton White
music “Four Hands” At the Larry Sitsky Recital Room, ANU School of Music, October 11. Reviewed by Helen Musa
theatre “The Fridge” Written and directed by Alister Emerson Duck Bunny Theatre At The Street Theatre, until October 13. Reviewed by Len Power
BRITISH and other media have not been kind about Oliver Hirschbiegel’s biopic traversing Princess Diana’s romantic relationship with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan (Naveen Andrews). Playwright Stephen Jeffries’ adaptation of Kate Snell’s 2000 book […]
THE title of this action comedy is ambivalent. One family has arrived to shelter in a Normandy village under FBI witness protection. Robert de Niro plays Fred, fleeing Mafia retribution for monetary misfeasances. Michelle Pfeiffer […]
GASTRONOMY; is it the art or science of good eating? That’s the experience four of us had etched in our memories after slowly working through a divine 10-course “Great China West Dinner” at Malamay. The […]
The Australian Flute Festival, gala concert, October 6, at Llewellyn Hall. Reviewed by Helen Musa
IN my youth, when I was a motor-racing groupie until two of the group wrote themselves off, my hero was (and still is) the greatest driver never to become world champion, Stirling Moss. Director Ron […]
A top-drawer cast tells writer/director Stuart Blumberg’s intelligent and challenging story about people obsessed with an excessive behaviour driven by naturally-occurring chemicals that all humans produce in greater or lesser degree. The story unfolds around […]
AT last, an off-the-planet movie that obeys the laws of physics without trying to kid us that monsters are out there preparing to scare the tripes out of characters before a noisy, fiery cataclysm turns […]
theatre “Finding S____ T____” Created and presented by Dean Cross At QL2 Theatre, Gorman House, until October 5 Reviewed by Samara Purnell
SIXTY-three-degree eggs, gizzards and pangrattato. Tantalise your tastebuds? Then the newly opened A.Baker in the New Acton precinct is for you. If the mention of gizzards makes you gag, I encourage you to not be […]
children’s theatre “The (Very) Sad Fish-Lady” Conceived, written and directed by Joy McDonald At The Street Theatre until October 5. Reviewed by Simone Penkethman
music “The Electric ’80s”, At the Australian Croatian Club, September 28. Reviewed by Simone Penkethman
children’s theatre “Michael Francis Willoughby in Elohgulp” Written and directed by Chris Thompson Jigsaw Theatre Company at Canberra Theatre Courtyard until October 12 Reviewed by Len Power
LINDA Susan Boreman lived a life of physical and sexual abuse which might not have been remarkable had she not, as Linda Lovelace, played a woman with her clitoris in her uvula in the porno […]
THIS film, about urban terrorists preparing to deliver uncompromising retribution to large-scale polluters, is the creation of Brit Marling who, with director Zal Batmanglij, co-wrote the screenplay. In 2009, the pair reportedly spent time among […]
TIDBINDILLA Nature Reserve remains closed after lightning sparked a bushfire there yesterday (Friday, January 18). It’s one of two fires, which the ACT Emergency Services Agency is monitoring. The other is west of Corin Dam […]
TWO areas where bushfires were started by lightning in the ACT yesterday (January 18) are being monitored by the ACT Emergency Services at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve and Mount Gingera, west of Corrin Dam The fire at Tidbinbilla […]
IT was a “near-miss” at an accident site this afternoon (Friday, January 18) when a vehicle, which is of interest to police, sped through a road block, putting people in danger. A motorcycle officer, who […]
A SEVERE thunderstorm predicted to hit Canberra this afternoon will likely produce damaging winds, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Braidwood, Goulburn, Cooma and Yass also might be affected. ACT emergency services says Canberrans can […]
PROF Ken Lampl’s move back to teaching and composition is entirely of his own volition, “CityNews” discovered this afternoon in an exclusive interview with the head of the School of Music, who will step down […]
