Category Archives: Culture

Laugh! I nearly died . . .

Looking for some light-hearted fun, I pushed Jan into going to see The Play That Goes Wrong at the Sydney Theatre Company. We both thought it might be a bit too silly, but it was very, very good. Here’s the blurb: Playing … Continue reading

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That Mozart, such a joker!

For Jan’s birthday treat we went to see the play Amadeus. It was a National Theatre Live production and we saw a lunchtime screening at the Dendy Cinema at Opera Quays down near the Opera House. We went by train, arrived … Continue reading

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Rasputin – always good for a laugh

Our friends Lynne and Norman Arnott had a couple of tickets to the play The Rasputin Affair  but couldn’t go. They kindly donated them to us. Last night we went by train to the Ensemble Theatre in Kirribilli, a place we … Continue reading

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This little piggy . . . went to the show!

We walked across from home to go to the Sydney Royal Easter Show last week. I have to admit we went on Seniors’ Day because it was only $15 entry instead of $31.50 – a bargain. We joined Viv and … Continue reading

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Great theatre based on a terrible tragedy

Jan managed to get some $20 last-minute tickets to the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Chimerica. The bargains came after a tipoff from our neighbour Paula Chegwidden who had found the secret STC website. Coincidentally, she and her daughter Emma … Continue reading

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