Culture October 10, 2020
Wonnangatta
The poetic vernacular of Angus Cerini’s Wonnangatta brings a dark comedy to its violent story.
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Culture October 10, 2020
Wonnangatta
The poetic vernacular of Angus Cerini’s Wonnangatta brings a dark comedy to its violent story.
Culture August 01, 2020
Sydney deputy lord mayor Jess Scully
Since becoming the deputy lord mayor of Sydney, Jess Scully has continued her fight for social equality. As she pushes for affordable housing and investment in the ‘caring economy’, she remains hopeful of instituting long-lasting change. “I think there’s an opportunity for us right now to make sure that participatory democracy and the care economy and affordable housing are some of the things that become practical, real projects.”
Culture September 26, 2020
Anita Hegh
After a quarter of a century as one of Australia’s finest stage actors, Anita Hegh is well placed to channel Virginia Woolf in A Room of One’s Own. “Although it is a much kinder world for women than it has been, there’s still a long way to go.”
Culture July 18, 2020
Essie Davis’s honour roles
Actress Essie Davis made her name inhabiting charismatic women, from detective Phryne Fisher to The Babadook’s Amelia Vanek. She speaks about being born to act, breaking her ribs on set and learning piano for her new film, Babyteeth. “I do love going to the cinema and having a really good cry. It can be a really profound experience to be that moved in the darkness … It’s very hard not to feel sentimental about every scene [in Babyteeth] because they’re quite moving.”