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How Darlinghurst’s entertainment precinct is adapting to a pandemic PAGE 1-2
BY RIDA BABAR n light of the COVID-19 restrictions, entertainment venues in Darlinghurst have been forced to shift their business models and operations. Here’s how. Darlinghurst Theatre Company (DTC) has implemented a series of Red Carpet Cabaret shows that have been a major success. Amylia Harris, the co-artistic director at the DTC provided insight into how the DTC has adapted and remained afloat during these uncertain times in an interview with City Hub. When asked what the inspiration behind the cabaret shows were Harris said, “We were shut down on opening night of [the new production] A Chorus
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Line, so we had to find ways to adapt and survive. “Red Carpet Cabaret was a part of finding innovative ways to adapt business models and create audience experiences specifically for this moment. It was a really fantastic and hugely successful experience, we sold out the entire season.” When asked whether this cabaret will continue post-COVID Harris said, “Yes, it’ll exist in a different form. It was put together quickly, within restrictions, and I’m a firm believer that creativity exists within the parameters that you’ve been set. When we start it after this, I hope that we will be able to have more nights, different art forms and make it a hub. “Being one of the first live venues to actually put on a show weighed a little
heavy on my shoulders because if we didn’t do it right and audiences lost faith, they would lose faith in theatre in general. “We had a lot of patrons write emails thanking us for our diligence and safety precautions.” When asked what the most difficult part of adapting to life during a pandemic was Harris said, “There’s a lot of emotional fatigue in the industry at the moment. A lot of people are finding it difficult to still find ways to create, which has been hard to navigate. “Personally, the hardest part for me was grieving the loss of the industry as we know it.” Another venue, The Magician’s Cabaret is both a cabaret and bar with a Parisian theme that encompasses
storytelling, song, and dance tied together with candlelit dinners. The venue, staying true to its level of flair, chose ‘the dance of the audience,’ which is essentially a creative means of enforcing COVID-safe protocol. The process is essentially a ‘sequence of steps and movements’ which includes reading safety signs, visitors’ temperatures being checked on arrival, hand sanitisation, kicking open bathroom doors using feet, visitors arriving and moving row by row to maintain social distancing. They re-emerged with this protocol on June 1, when restrictions lifted, and used these measures to remain COVIDsafe, and successfully did so. Continued on page 2
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(Continued from the cover) Mark Gerber, CEO of OAF said, “Perhaps more than any other, the music industry has seen a complete and utter takedown that has brought it to a screeching halt. “The virus does not discriminate when it chooses who to infect, and that rings true for humans and for businesses. The creative lifeblood of our world is haemorrhaging before our eyes. Governments across the world must act now and act fast. Eu De Vie, a speakeasy in Darlinghurst turned to the support of customers, encouraging the purchase of gift vouchers which offered a 20% top up on all vouchers purchased valued at $100 or more. Wings And Tins, a local restaurant, introduced a ‘Tinnie Masterclass and Hotwing Pairing Degustation’ as a change to their business model, as well as maintaining a social media presence to update customers on their deals. Daniel Assetta at Red Carpet Cabaret Photo: Robert Catt
The Oxford Art Factory (OAF) ran shows at limited seating capacity and spaced all chairs and tables 1.5 metres apart. They also implemented a strict cleaning schedule and maintained social media updates, remaining active on social media accounts so that people could remain updated with what was
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happening and feel more comfortable attending the venue’s shows. They also opened up the venue for rent as a rehearsal space, with equipment and a professional audio engineer to assist as an incentive for people to hire out the space. They also promoted a petition to call on
the government to extend the JobKeeper payments to arts and entertainment sector workers, and deliver a relief package catered towards the industry. They also reduced prices on Oxford Art Factory merchandise and encouraged the purchase of prints from OAF photographers.
They also briefly shifted to a bookingonly system and introducing a delivery option. Slide Lounge, home to the circus degustation El’ Circo and glamorous entertainment and dining venue shut down last month after 14 years of making unforgettable memories for visitors. Despite implementing a COVID-safe plan, the venue was unable to survive the financial weight of the pandemic.
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COVID-19 count climbs BY ALLISON HORE atrons and staff at s restaurant in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs are being asked to get tested and self isolate after a patron and staff member tested positive for COVID-19. An investigation into Thai Rock restaurant in Potts Point was launched after a patient who tested positive for COVID-19 reported visiting the venue on Friday, 17 July. A staff member of the restaurant has also tested positive for the virus. The NSW Government is asking anyone who attended the restaurant on Wednesday, July 15 and Saturday, July 25 for two hours or more to be tested immediately and to self-isolate for 14 days whether or not they show symptoms. The Potts Point eatery has the same owners as the Thai Rock restaurant in Wetherill park which is associated with a large cluster. As of Monday, the total number of cases linked to the restaurant was 67. NSW Health’s investigation has not revealed a link between the two restaurants.
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Thai Rock restaurant in Potts Point. Photo: Facebook/Thai Rock
Later on Monday night NSW Health began contacting patrons who visited The Apollo restaurant at Potts Point from Thursday 23 to Saturday 25 July to ask them to quarantine for 14 days after their visit. NSW Health has also advised any diners who develop symptoms to get tested. In NSW, seventeen new COVID-19
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Damien Davis Frank with staff from The Green Organic Shop. Photo: Supplied
BY ALLISON HORE usinesses in Darlinghurst have shown their support for a campaign against the wage freeze for public sector workers. Representatives from the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) have been knocking on the doors of businesses around the St Vincent’s hospital to rally support for the campaign. The NSW government’s proposed wage freeze will see more than 400,000 public sector employees, including hospital staff, forego their 2.5 per cent annual pay rise for a year. Damien Davis Frank,
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Assistant Secretary of the NSWNMA St Vincent’s Hospital Darlinghurst Branch, told City Hub that a wage freeze during the pandemic was “painful” for himself and his colleagues. “It’s been quite painful to see the government declaring a wage freeze on public sector workers and especially at the moment during the coronavirus pandemic where you see all your colleagues working so hard and dealing with not seeing family and friends and isolating from their loved ones,” he said. The decision to freeze wages of public sector workers would save the state $3
billion if it went ahead but it could cost the average NSW public servant more than $56,000 in income over the next 20 years. The Darlinghurst businesses who have signed on in support of the campaign include Gelato Messina, Lil Darlin Bar, Sweethearts Cafe, Thai Tharee, and The Green Shop Organic. “We thought the best way to go about finding out what local businesses felt was by knocking on their doors and saying, what do you think,” he explains. Damien says that the support of local businesses is meaningful because it “doesn’t match” what the government has been saying in terms of the freeze helping local businesses. “The local communities respect us and they think we’re doing a great job but the government is not showing their respect by taking away our minimum pay increase,” he said. The wage freeze was blocked in the NSW upper-house in the start of June, and the matter is currently being heard by the NSW Industrial Relations Commission. CITY HUB 30 JULY 2020
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Black Lives Matter protesters arrested PETITION TO PARLIAMENT
BY WENDY BACON SW police arrested Black Lives Matter organisers on Tuesday before their peaceful protest in the Domain had even begun. Hundreds of protesters were blocked from entering the Domain. Many were threatened with arrest if they did not leave the area. Black Lives Matter Organiser Paddy Gibson was the first to be arrested shortly before noon, when the protest was due to begin.
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The mother of David Dungay Junior, Leetona Dungay, his nephew Paul Silva and other relatives later arrived at NSW Parliament House to deliver a box of more than 99,000 signed petitions to Greens MLC David Shoebridge and Greens Human Rights spokesperson Jenny Leong. Leetona Dungay told a large crowd of media that she wanted to see those responsible for the death of her son charged. She said that as Dunghutti warriors, her family will continue to fight for justice. She thanked all those who had supported her during her struggle.
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the loss of a human life... Gibson announced the decision to hold the rally at Djarrbarragall - Gadigal name for The Domain - after NSW Police successfully applied to the NSW Supreme Court for an order prohibiting a march from Sydney Townhall to NSW Parliament House. The purpose of the march was to support the mother and family of David Dungay Junior, as they handed over a petition calling for the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions to consider laying criminal charges against those who suffocated Dungay junior while he was calling out “I can’t breathe’. At all times, the family said they would continue with the protest even if it was prohibited. Dungay’s nephew Paul Silva issued a statement which stated, “I tell you
Relatives of David Dungay Junior and Greens MLC David Shoebridge deliver a petition to parliament. Photo: Wendy Bacon
what, if the Premier can commit to asking Safework NSW and the DPP to investigate whether charges can be laid in relation to my Uncle’s death I’m sure that we can put off the protest.” Despite plans for protestors to socially distance, wear masks, use sanitiser and register their attendance, hundreds of police began to surround the area with scores of vans more than an hour before the protest was due to begin at noon. Before noon, senior police ordered protesters to leave the Domain or they
would be arrested for breaching Public Health Orders which state that you cannot hold a gathering of more than 20 people. Gibson then asked for time to discuss the situation with the Dungay family and other organisers but was immediately arrested. NITV later published a video of Bundjalung woman and winner of the Young Person’s Human Rights Medal Vanessa TurnbullRoberts telling people the rally had been cancelled before being arrested. Turnbull-Roberts and Gibson were fined $1000 and released.
Dungay’s nephew Paul Silva also called for Safework NSW to investigate the death of his uncle that took place in a workplace. “They (Safework NSW) can investigate a finger being cut off but they will not investigate the loss of a human life when he was held down in a workplace.” Silva said that the NSW Premier could ask the NSW DPP to investigate but had not done so. “If justice is served, our family will take a step back and stop calling for Justice for David Dungay, but we will not stop supporting other families who have suffered deaths in custody.”
Kings Cross faces uncertain future
BY ANDREW WOODHOUSE ings Cross is under attack. It’s defending its individuality, the very thing that makes it unique. Locals fought off the Bourbon DA which would have seen the famous three white arches reduced to rubble for another mega-bar. City Hub has seen the artist’s impression in advance of lodgement for the new DA. The arches are saved. Other sections are highly problematic. Another DA for the Art Deco former Commonwealth Bank building, 42 Darlinghurst Road, is for partial demolition and a 40-room hostel with a mega bar open to the street capable of up to 400 patrons per night. 25% of hostel rooms are a minuscule 10 square metres. The seven-storey $7.5 million DA has allegedly over 80 height and design breaches. It will be partly clad in black steel and look like a stealth bomber. Its highly distinctive landmark tower is overwhelmed. Now that self-appointed, unelected “Committee for Sydney” which aims to “Plan for a growing population in a way that improves quality of life
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for all” has sucked a $40,000 grant out of our Sydney Council to create a “collaborative” approach to redesigning Kings Cross. They intend to have something to present to the council by year’s end. Isn’t Kings Cross already dense enough? There are over 1,000 residents living within 100 metres of the heritage-listed railway station. Locals scamper down into its hole-in-the street entrance in the morning like wombats and reappear after work rushing home like salmon leaping upstream to spawn. The Committee’s media releases support winding back of life-saving lockout laws. Whoa! Its 16-person board consists of a lawyer and company director recently awarded a plum state government job in charge of parklands, Michael Rose. He is recently described in City Hub as “the chair of the North West Rapid Transit Group and the pro-development lobby Committee for Sydney, a Sydney Harbour Trust trustee and ex-partner of a most powerful corporate law firm, Allens.” None of the board lives in our area apparently.
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Has Kings Cross lost its virginity? Photo: Andrew Woodhouse
James Hulme, its advocate, told City Hub “I hope we can cultivate some interesting ideas on how KX might be enhanced … we have no formal connection to the alcohol industry. The area does have some reputational issues ...” But Sydney Council Councillor, Professor Kerryn Phelps AM, a GP and local resident, says “I will be watching their recommendations closely to make sure
that there is not a disproportionate emphasis on the liquor industry as the basis of commercial revival or alcohol as entertainment … Council has a known track record of disregarding the strongly held views of local communities and residents during developments and upgrades.” Kings Cross really is at the crossroads, looking both to its past and to an unknown future.
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Darlinghurst AIDs memorial one step closer BY JOHN MOYLE lmost two years since a petition calling for an AIDS memorial to be located in Darlinghurst’s Green Park, the project is now one step closer after the City of Sydney unanimously agreed to call artists for expressions of interest. “While we may not agree on everything I think that it is wonderful that there is support across the board for our LGBTQIA+ community and for recognition for a painful moment in Sydney’s history,” Councillor Jess Scully, who proposed the motion, said.
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LGBT community that supported it. Mike Galvin is a Darlinghurst local and was seven years old in 1982 when the first case of AIDS was reported in Sydney. In 2018 Mike and local artist Christopher Lewis started a petition for a memorial that gathered 1,332 signatures that in March 2019 was presented to the City of Sydney. “My part of it was to get the community involved which was really refreshing as
it wasn’t just the LGBT community that supported it, but also local families that wanted to have their children grow up to understand the history of the area in the 1980s when the AIDS epidemic spread unforgivingly through the community and around the country,” Mike Galvin, petition convenor said.
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The memorial’s location in Green Park is well chosen as it is a place of significance for the Sydney gay community and especially during the AIDS epidemic. Australia’s first dedicated AIDS unit Ward 17 South was part of St Vincent’s Hospital located just across the road from Green Park. In the first two years of the epidemic, between 1983 and 1985, over 4,500 cases were recorded, mainly in gay men and mainly in inner Sydney and Melbourne. All were fatal and its peak in the early 1990s around 1,000 Australians were dying every year. “When I was the state MP for Bligh in the 1990s, we had the AIDS crisis, and the epicentre was our electorate, it was like wartime, with funerals and candlelight marches and vigils”, Lord Mayor Clover Moore said.
The Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial in Darlinghurst’s Green Park. Photo: John Moyle
The City of Sydney is now calling for submissions from artists for ideas for the memorial. “The project brief will not be prescriptive, which means that artists are welcome to select their own medium, understanding the challenges of making a permanent public art work that has to withstand outdoor conditions,” Cr Scully said. “This memorial will have to compliment those existing memorials, such as the Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial, which commemorates all LGBTQI+ people murdered, tortured or persecuted
because of their sexuality, gender identity or gender status.” The plan is to shortlist up to five artists/ artist teams by an evaluation panel for Stage One who will be paid $2,500 to develop their proposal to a second stage. Shortlisted artists will be provided with a Stage Two artists brief with the City of Sydney providing individual feedback to the shortlisted artists. The total budget for the project is $130,000 which includes fees and design, manufacture and installation of the memorial.
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t’s one of those clichés that we often draw positives from adversity but anybody doing it tough during the current pandemic will quickly dismiss that kind of gratuitous cheering up. Nevertheless there are some good things that have emerged over the past six months as a result of the COVID calamity and for what it’s worth here’s a judicious selection below. Health & Hygiene: Social distancing and hand sanitising may not have wiped out the virus but they have done wonders in raising our general level of cleanliness. Cases of the common flu have dropped a phenomenal 99% and in June this year only 208 laboratoryconfirmed cases of influenza were reported – compared to 30,567 at the same time in 2019. Aviation: With reduced airline services Sydneysiders in the flight path are at least getting a break from the constant aircraft noise. Also good to see that Sydney Airport is losing big time on their shamefully exorbitant car parking fees as the terminals resemble a ghost town. Tough!
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Narcotics: With greatly restricted international air travel authorities are claiming that less illegal drugs are entering the country. The Sinaloa Cartel will not be happy. The recent internal border closures and restrictions have also seen a curtailing of the movement of drugs within Australia – notably pot and meth.
Entertainment: At last a temporary halt to the number of US and British, half dead, has been pop and rock stars descending on our shores to plunder the nostalgia circuit. With no summer music festivals we can also look forward to zero MDMA casualties. And it would be great to see the smaller club and pub venues get the jump on the bigger
concert and stadium shows when it comes to revitalising the local music scene. Television: The commercial channels have all increased their news services to report on the pandemic and Channel 7 has even incorporated an advertorial ‘meals to cook at home’ segment in the middle of the six o’clock news. Stigmas: With unemployment approaching 10 per cent and hundreds of thousands receiving JobSeeker and Keeper, the words ‘dole bludger’ have quickly disappeared from the current lexicon. There’s no stigma in asking the Government for a handout as everybody from the lowliest worker to the captains of industry are doing it. Socialism Isn’t So Bad After All: Being branded a socialist in Australia was once almost as bad as being called a communist but the Government’s largesse during the current health and economic crisis is surely socialism at its best. The normal capitalist dog eat dog society has been supplanted by the spirit of “we are all in this together” as Government cash flows in all directions. CITY HUB 30 JULY 2020
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THE CREDEAUX CANVAS
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eith Bunin’s play invites its audience into a small, paint-splattered New York apartment, home to Jamie, a disinherited son of a prominent art
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dealer and Winston, a master’s art student. Left penniless by his unloving father, Jamie connives a plan: convincing the wealthy art connoisseur Tess, a former client of his art dealer dad, into purchasing a rare painting by Jean-Paul Credeaux, an obscure artist. Winston, a talented art student reluctantly drawn to the plan, attempts art forgery, with Jamie’s girlfriend Amelia, an aspiring singer posing nude for the faux Credeaux. As the tragi-comedy play centres on the dreams and fear of failure of the trio, this gives an insight into the disillusionment of entitled generation Ys in the early 2000s. Believed to be the first post-lockdown play to open The Credeaux Canvas will be presented under strict Health directives, with audiences limited to 24 people per performance and all socially distanced. The Credeaux Canvas is laced with humour, sexual tension and a very unusual nude scene. (KC) Until Aug 23. El Rocco Cafe and Theatre, 154 Brougham Street, Kings Cross. $25-$35+b.f. Tickets & Info: www.trybooking.com/BKFGC
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aines Plough and Critical Stages Touring have recently announced 16 new live performance and digital distribution plays for Come to Where I Am – Australia. Come to Where I Am was launched in response to a rapidly changing world, to support the development of new stories which engaged regional writers to showcase life in their part of the country during this time. The stories represent a diverse group of authors including award winning Samah Sabawi, Mary Anne Butler, Jeanette Cronin, Vanessa Bates, and Jon Bennett. There will also be music from James Elazzi, Tahli Corin, Joshua Tyler, and more. These works will be produced as video postcards, filmed on location by the writers. The short films will be staged live at venues across the country once restrictions are lifted, and will also be hosted on Paines Plough’s Youtube channel. Chris Bendall, CEO of Critical Stages Touring said, “This project gives us all an
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opportunity, from the safety our homes, to hear stories directly from the places that inspired them.” Charlotte Bennet and Katie Posner, Joint Artistic Directors of Paines Plough said, “We are so excited to be able to platform their [the writers’] voices through our digital channels.” The first episode of Come to Where I Am – Australia will premiere on the Critical Stages Touring website, social channels, and streaming service Vimeo and on the Paines Plough YouTube channel on Wednesday, Aug 19. (RBa) Info: www.criticalstages.com.au
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ydney Jewish Museum has recently pushed out an educational program to give us a better understanding of current human rights issues in Australia in 2020. Spotlight On Human Rights Issues 2020 is a series of five online talks, diving into the question: What are human rights and its relation to health, racism and media in Australia in 2020. Each Monday evening in August, industry experts will shine light on issues relating to health, the media’s role in human rights and how racism impact young Australians. Bus Stop Films Co-
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BY JAMIE APPS ver since coronavirus arrived on our shores entertainment options, such as concerts, have been total no no’s. Beginning tonight though that all changes when Sydney’s own DMA’s revive the live music scene with their socially distanced, COVID-19 safe, acoustic concert series. Following the release of their third album, The Glow, the band have been required to rethink how they go about performing these new songs in a pandemic landscape. In order to get these shows underway DMA’s have had to develop a COVID-19 safe concert series which will see them performing two shows per night, for nine nights over
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founder, Genevieve Clay-Smith featured in the talk series will be exploring the role of media in human rights, and role social media plays in how we consume media related to human rights.Other speakers featured include Physician and Journalist Dr Norman Swan, Australian Director at Human Rights watch Elaine Pearson and Production of ABC’s You Cant Ask That Kirk Docker, among many others. (KC) Aug 3-31. Via Zoom. $15. Tickets & Info: www.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au
the course of three weekends for a total of 18 shows. An ambitious plan which has frontman Tommy O’Dell somewhat nervous. “Playing two gigs per night is probably not ideal as a singer but this could be the new norm for a while, so you’ve got to adapt,” explained O’Dell before continuing. “As a singer it will definitely be more strenuous for me than the other boys. We’ll see how we go, just means we can’t party too much.” While O’Dell is apprehensive about how is voice will hold up to the gruelling schedule he and the rest of the band are just happy that these shows can even go ahead as they had feared a tour for The Glow may not happen at all. “It feels good to be able to even say we’re playing live gigs because three or
nglish comedian Dave Johns, whose awardwinning breakthrough role in I, Daniel Blake brought him much accolade, returns to the screen in this charming romantic drama. He plays the role of Dave, a retiree who meets a woman while walking his dog in the woods. Their initial meeting was not so promising when Fern (Alison Steadman) annoyingly exclaimed “put your dog on a lead!” but over the course of 23 walks, they progressively become friends and ultimately lovers. The film explores the issues in their lives and audiences should relate to the innocence, clumsiness, and complications as their courtship flourishes.
four months ago we were planning on touring for six months. Obviously that got taken away though, so we’re all feeling really happy to be able to play live again.” In order to be able to play live these shows will be drastically different from a typical DMA’s show. These show will be held inside The Factory Theatre, which typically has a capacity of 500 but will only be holding 150 people in a seated and socially distanced formation. These shows will also be acoustic performances, which O’Dell explained is “not unfamiliar” for the band. Despite these changes the shows are selling incredibly well and is a positive sign of the industry adapting to change according to O’Dell. “I think we’ve sold 1500 tickets, which for an acoustic gig is amazing... From that you can tell that people, in Sydney anyway, are ready to get out there and listen to music. They obviously feel comfortable enough now that it is something on their minds, so I look forward to it and I’m sure all of the necessary precautions will be put into place to keep everyone safe.” Until Aug 15. Factory Theatre, 105 Victoria Rd, Marrickville. $50+b.f. Tickets & Info: www.factorytheatre.com.au
But what secret is Dave hiding from Fern which threatens their relationship? Who is the man Dave sees escorting Fern in the woods? Can love ultimately conquer secrets and lies? There’s plenty of drama and audiences who enjoy a good old-fashioned romance should be captivated by the storytelling which perfectly captures the very essence of friendship and love between an elderly couple. The underlying theme is resonated through meaningful dialogue beautifully delivered by Fern - “Gotta keep making good memories… keep living while we can.” (MMo) WWW1/2
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ur Waverly Star, the latest album by Sydney based singer-songwriter Jack Nolan blends in a mesmerising mix of sounds, heart-warming lyrics, and catchy, melodic instruments to engage with the listener’s mind. The album appeals to the listeners by taking them on an emotional journey through its tale-telling lyrics and intriguing finger picking acoustic guitar performance. Nolan perfectly captures the listener’s attention through the passionate tone in his tender, tough and true vocals. Our Waverly Star is certainly country and folksy as it relaxes the listener, bringing feelings of contentment, depicting themes of reflection and hope as he sings in the form of a tale. (KC)
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A PLACE TO TALK ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN OUR OWN BACKYARD The Holocaust and Human Rights is an exhibition at Darlinghurst’s Sydney Jewish Museum that uses digital media to explore the history of human rights and the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, people with disabilities, Indigenous people, and the LGBTIQ+ community in Australia.
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