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  • 02.Mar by Gary Abrahams
  • Melbourne Jazz Festival Preview

  • Melbournians will no doubt have noticed over the past few years just how festival-centric our humble little antipodean metropolis has become. Not that we are any longer all that humble. We love our festivals, dammit! And to hell with anyone who denies us as the cultural capital of the southern hemisphere. And if the enthusiasm [...]

  • News

  • 16.Feb by Spark
  • Melbourne Green Room Nominations Announced

  • It’s that time again when the Green Room panels bestow nominations on last year’s finest productions across theatre, dance, opera and cabaret. Warm up your appreciative nods and disdainful grunts first, then check out the listings here.

  • 05.Jan by Spark
  • Midsumma

  • While some of us are still stumbling over half-eaten Christmas dishes, a few dedicated types are setting off on their new year artistry with nary a glance back at the beach. Like Gary Abrahams, long-time Spark contributor, who has written and directed Acts of Deceit (Between Strangers in a Room) for the upcoming Midsumma Festival.

  • 12.Nov by Spark
  • Ralph gets the Belvoir chair

  • Ralph Myers, best known as a Set Designer, has been announced as Company B Belvoir’s new Artistic Director. Check out the announcement here.

  • 11.Nov by Nicholas Pickard
  • Goodbye, and hello, as always

  • This will be the last week of Sydney Arts Journo. I am taking an extended hiatus away from arts journalism and reviewing to take up a position as an Arts Policy Advisor to the State Government.

  • 02.Nov by Augusta Supple
  • OFF THE SHELF # 2

  • Less than three weeks remain for Queen Street Studio’s playwrights residency- OFF THE SHELF. And there are four teams working hard in every spare minute of their lives to get a script ready for the showcase.

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  • Commentary

  • 12.Nov by Augusta Supple
  • EXIT THE KING- (PAUSE) – ENTER KING RALPH!

  • It’s Ralph Myers. Put up your hand if you are surprised? No? No? I think Nick Pickard dropped a big hint…
    http://artsjournalist.blogspot.com/2009/10/just-quietly.html
    Or was that Bryce Hallett? Either way the whispers to the reveal of Ralph have been a long time coming…
    And I have been getting text messages, emails, facebook chats, all asking me what I think [...]

  • Film

  • 13.Dec by Lesley Chow
  • Julia

  • In the ‘70s and ‘80s, films often had female names: Frances, Isadora, Claudine, Gloria. Perhaps because women’s names are more easily mythologised, each of these titles was presented as a puzzle, a paradigm: the exploration of a single, distinctive note. In each case, the subject’s identity was seen as a mystery: a mournful mystery, as a difficult, too-sensitive woman finds herself crushed by society. Most often, the implied attitude seemed to be: How do you solve a problem like ____?

  • Clip of the day

  • 12.Jan
  • A test …

  • Purely based on the sound, how long does it take you to work out that this song is European? Plus, can anyone tell us whether the 3D effects work?

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