Sydney Festival: a chance to hear from the Israeli choreographer

New Israel Fund Australia will host a conversation with acclaimed Israel prize-winning choreographer and contemporary dancer Ohad Naharin. Read more

Hamas bedfellow of Australian BDS supporters

All those who joined the boycott of the Sydney Festival created by its acceptance of a A$20,000 sponsorship by the Israeli embassy in Canberra have had a powerful Israeli enemy join their ranks. Read more

Secord calls on arts minister to introduce anti-BDS laws

NSW Shadow Arts Minister Walt Secord has called on the new NSW Arts Minister Ben Franklin to introduce American-style anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) legislation for NSW arts organisations. Read more

There is no place in our Australia for intolerance

As 2021 came to a close, we all reflected on the challenging times we have lived through in recent years. Read more

The Sydney Festival’s “important stance”

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has commented on the “very important stance of the Sydney Festival in its continued support of the dance performance Decadance and its public repudiation of demands by members of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) to divest funding received for it from the Israeli Embassy”. Read more

Tabac Rouge – Sydney Festival Opening Night…a theatre review by Deb Meyer

I can’t profess to understanding everything I saw and experienced in this latest production from James Thierree’s Compagnie du Hanneton, but with Tabac Rouge (Red Tobacco) I was blown away nonetheless! Read more

Empire – a theatrical review from Deb Meyer

“I’m not amused!” growled the octogenarian in the third row, upon having his hair fondled by a gorgeous Showgirl, wearing little more than a few feathers over her slight, sculpted frame. Read more