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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Elise Hawthorne I’m not often transported back in time, but the old school radio play at the Ensemble Theatre does just that. Murder on the Wireless presents two short plays.…

Elise Hawthorne Becoming a superstar fashion designer obviously takes phenomenal talent, vision and creativity but one has to simultaneously understand how various materials fall on the body – how to…

Collective memory is the basis of a new project that brings 50 years of temporary artworks back to life. Kaldor Public Art Projects is inviting Australians to submit their memories…

Elise Hawthorne Twelve months ago, I tried hot Bikram yoga for the first time, and I haven’t looked back. It helps that the yoga studio Bikram Yoga Inner West has…

Elise Hawthorne I’ve known the remarkable Jaslyn Hall for quite a few years; she is a legend in the music and event world; her creativity and intelligence never ceases to…