Category Archives: Culture

We went to see the production of One Man, Two Guvnors at Sydney Theatre, described as “The funniest show on the planet” by the Daily Mail. It was indeed very funny! We laughed till the tears ran down our cheeks … Continue reading →

John Jan Chris Viv and Eunice all had a lovely time at the Easter Show on Good Friday. It was a sunny day and not too hot – 25 degrees – just right for wandering around the showground at the … Continue reading →

More culture. We take the rivercat ferry down to Circular Quay and walk along to the Museum of Contemporary art for their Anish Kapoor exhibition. We saw some of his work in the art gallery in Nice last year and … Continue reading →

Our Sydney Festival events have been rushing by – and they’ve all been fabulous. David Byrne (ex Talking Heads) and St Vincent (aka Annie Clark) were terrific – singing some new songs and some old Talking Heads numbers (Burning Down the … Continue reading →

Our first show of the Sydney Festival was the Handel Opera Semele set on a fashion-show runway in Sydney Town Hall accompanied by lots of Vivienne Westwood frocks paraded on tall skinny models. It was amazing. As with most opera, … Continue reading →