Loved Me Some Trevor
Elise Hawthorne Seriously, do yourself a favour and go see a pantomime (or panto) this silly season, and when you do make sure you choose Trevor’s Ashley’s latest ode to…
The Odd Couple Rocks the Ensemble
Elise Hawthorne The Ensemble Theatre’s latest production doesn’t disappoint. Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple is a rollicking good story – an escape from reality, yet at the same time, it…
The Split
After a critically acclaimed season in Adelaide, House of Sand brings new Australian play The Split by Sarah Hamilton to The Old 505 in Newtown this December. In the wake…
The God of Isaac
Elise Hawthorne What does it mean to be Jewish? As it turns out, whatever you want it to mean. My reflections…prompted by seeing the marvelous play, The God of Isaac.…
Matriarch, A Masterpiece
Elise Hawthorne Gran, Nan, Mum, Child – intergenerational trauma. 2019 Green Room Award-winning performer, Sandy Greenwood brings her hit one-woman show, Matriarch to the Old 505 Theatre at this year’s…
Hollywood Laid Bare
Announcing the Sydney premiere of Joanne Hartstone’s internationally acclaimed solo show – The Girl Who Jumped Off The Hollywood Sign – headlining as a feature event at the Innocent Bystander…
Next Chapter
Elise Hawthorne Selling a home and buying a new one after living in the same spot for nearly twenty years – how hard can it be? The ocean had been…
Q & A with Bernard Salt AM
Elise Hawthorne Bernard Salt AM, the managing director of The Demographics Group, is one of Australia’s most sought-after social commentators. He recently gave me and in turn Keeping In Touch…
The Grapes of Wrath
Elise Hawthorne “There ain’t no sin and there ain’t no virtue. There’s just stuff people do.” The New Theatre in Newtown packs a punch with its latest play, John Steinbeck’s…
We Are the Himalayas
By Elise Hawthorne Joseph Stalin was by all accounts a murderous, evil man, hell bent on exterminating anyone he felt was in his way or had slighted him, no matter…