By Elise Hawthorne It was as if the timing fairies decreed that opening night of the Ensemble Theatre’s latest play be held during Foster Care Week. Luna Gale, a powerful,…

By Elise Hawthorne Liane Rossler’s exhibition inside. outside. upsidedown. is a beautiful example of pottery re-imagined. To my sensibility, I know when I love pottery when I want to touch…

By Elise Hawthorne Internationally acclaimed actress Miriam Margolyes OBE and her great friend Sydneysider Robin Amadio, the doyenne of Australian social journalism are firm friends, meeting over 35 years ago.…

By Elise Hawthorne Approximately 300 women from over 20 cultural backgrounds came together for a night of singing, dancing, eating and laughing at the 2018 Women of Diversity Dinner (WDD)…

By Elise Hawthorne Reg Livermore, a living legend of the stage gives his all in his hilarious new one-man play The Widow Unplugged now showing at the Ensemble Theatre in…

By Elise Hawthorne Visiting from Tsfat, Israel, David Friedman, Kabbalah artist and meditation teacher together with Rabbi Dr. Orna Triguboff will be presenting unique Kabbalah Art seminars when David visits…

By Elise Hawthorne When two worlds collide at Centrelink, a mad mad world opens up to Felicity (Catherine Moore) and Joanne (Genevieve Hegney). The new Australian comedy, UNQUALIFIED, by playwrights…

By Elise Hawthorne Sydney’s Head On Photo Festival, 5 – 20 May, is a creative force in the cultural life of Australia, presenting the work of over 900 local, international,…

Presenting Artist Maurice Schlesinger Retiring from full-time work gives seniors the opportunity to spend quality time following passions that were possibly, for one reason or another, set aside in their…

By Elise Hawthorne Who doesn’t want to be more popular? Surely a person’s popularity, be it at school, work or socially, is the best predictor of how happy and successful…