Lady Beatle at La Boîte Theatre Company
I’ve been brainwashed. I didn’t realise it until last night, but I know every damn word to every damn song The Beatles ever released. I thought I was a fairly ambivalent [...]
Music
Opera Queensland says “Kiss me quick” with Kiss Me, Kate!
If you’ve never been to the opera, but think you might like it, today’s news from Opera Queensland (OperaQ) could be just the ticket. In line with their [...]
Ladies In Black
When I was about four years old, I lost my mother in the ‘Ladies Fashion’ section of McDonnell & East. A good deal shorter than the racks of clothing that surrounded [...]
Rumour Has It Naomi Price is back in town
“I once said to me mum that had it not been for the Brit School, I’d have been a teen mum. She said to me, ‘no babes, it’s cos you was fat and ginger what saved [...]
The Friendly Fire of Riverfire
I was sitting at my desk writing when the Super Hornets began their flyovers across the city – practice runs for Riverfire, a celebration of pyrotechnics and music that [...]
Desirelines at the Judy
Desire Lines, both physical and metaphorical, are single moments of defiance that quickly become the norm as others follow suit. They are the beaten dirt tracks [...]
Seven Stages of Australia Maturing
Last night at the opening of Queensland Theatre Company’s 7 Stages of Grieving, I made a big statement that I don’t really write about theatre. Not because I [...]
John Aslanidis – the art of science
It’s very hard to separate all the facets that make up the area collectively known as The Arts. In fact I’d go so far as to say it’s impossible to. I [...]
Weird Al Yankovic’s Word Crimes
Here’s one for the grammar nazis! Weird Al Yankovic, a man who was omnipresent in my youth but who now pops up only occasionally, has taken his signature parody style [...]
Yugo Nakamura, Rainmaker
I love nothing more than the sound of rain on the roof. It’s the best time for writing, snuggling, reading, sleeping, movie watching…everything except dog-walking [...]
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