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Horror and comedy require the same skill, which is why great horror directors are usually pretty funny people. Both essentially ask you to build tension for the audience and release it at just the right moment. No play is a greater example of this than the classic Arsenic and Old Lace . Without context, the story of two old women luring men into their home in order to murder them is a tragedy; in this show, it is simply a delightful premise. The dark comedy works when all of

As the countdown begins, you lay out the cookies, milk and carrots for Santa and see the Christmas lights as you drive down the street… a brand new Australian theatre show called “Believe – A Christmas Musical” has opened at the Lounge within the beautiful Chatswood Concourse. Within it, it tells the amazing story of the origin of Santa Claus and how he went from being a humble toy maker to being that big jolly man in red and white that we know and love! Under the director Ch

This past Wednesday evening, refreshed by the sweet tropical punch and soft gingerbread cookies, I was graciously invited to attend the media call for Believe: A Christmas Musical which is a new Australian work of theatre pioneered by Mark Edmonds Productions, an up-and-coming professional theatre company with a well-established community throughout the greater Sydney region. Holiday magic filled the air of the Concourse Chatswood as we were welcomed local media for an exclu

In times of financial hardship, when the “cost of living crisis” seems to have become the new normal rather than a short period of difficulty through which we must prevail, it is understandable that we may indulge in daydreams of get-rich-quick schemes, or even less socially acceptable ways of making a buck on the side — would anyone even know they were my feet in the pictures? Fantasising is one thing, but the tangled web of deception woven in Cash on Delivery pushes the bo