Year: 2018

This is the completion of the TENTH year of this blog – oh, my! So, in many ways but one, for me, 2017, was not a very stable year or a good one – you know, Trump, Aussie politics, Global Warming (Ageing!). The exception was the general quality of the theatre work (and film) that I got to see in Sydney this year. In that regard, 2017 was a very good year. Just look at these listings! NEW AUSTRALIAN PLATWRITING. Of the many new Australian plays of 2017 here are my outstanding experiences, in no particular order. Monkey Baa’s DIARY…

Hi all. Theatre gone quiet – holiday mode before the Sydney Festival onslaught. So, here are some movies that I have seen accompanied with a ‘trifling’ comment. 1. CALL ME BY YOUR NAME. This is the much talked about ‘art film’ of this awards season. It is Directed by Luca Guadagino, and completes what he regards as the Desire Trilogy. The other two films being I AM LOVE (2009) and A BIGGER SPLASH (2015) – both with Tilda Swinton. It is adapted from a novel by Andre Aciman, by the famous James Ivory (of the Merchant/Ivory film team.) It tells…