Local objection to the proposed Woolworths for Annandale has taken an artistic turn. Riffing on The Independent Weekly‘s ‘Fighting the Woolly mammoth’ headline, versions of this charmingly dynamic poster have been turning up in shop windows.
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- The Years (Annie Ernaux 2008, translation by Alison L Straya 2017) 21 March 2023From last years Nobel Prize laureate
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- Macbeth (Bell Shakespeare Company) 18 March 2023Hazem Shammas and Jessica Tovey make a great Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. His non-Angle music makes the language sing, and the stage just lights up every time she's there. Some of the early exposition was incomprehensible gabble, but judging from conversations I overheard in the foyer that didn't matter too much because most of the audience, possibly […]
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