Category: Illawarra
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Merrigong presents Trent Dalton’s ‘Love Stories’ at IPAC
Love, apparently, is three good things, so these are mine: my grandma, telling me she was the first person to see me when I was born; my best friend, sending me flowers from halfway across the world on my birthday because she just wanted me to know she loved me; and Guns N Roses, because…
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MCERA Study Says Bullying Is Underreported
Media Centre for Education Research Australia says that kids in school aren’t telling their parents about their experiences around bullying. Recent data as part of News Corp’s 2025 Great Australian Parent Survey says that 50% of parents report that their child has suffered due to bullying before and 25% think that schools aren’t putting effort…
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Merrigong presents Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap at the IPAC from 5th-15th September
Merrigong presents Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap at the IPAC from the 5th – 15th September. I had the pleasure of attending on opening night and the performance quite literally had me at the edge of my seat the whole time. The stage was lavishly set as a 1950s living room of a newly-wed couple’s grand…
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MERRIGONGX Presents A Place in the Sultan’s Kitchen at IPAC
MERRIGONGX Theatre Company presents A Place in the Sultan’s Kitchen from the 8th to 10th of August at the IPAC. See the end of the article for information on tickets. Singer-songwriter and theatre-maker Joshua Hinton retells stories, passed down through generations and around the globe whilst cooking a loved family recipe on stage. Blending stories…
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Reflections on a musical rendition of American Psycho
Last weekend I saw the Illawarra Performing Art Centre (IPAC) have a stab at adapting American Psycho. The IPAC’s version – which is sadly no longer showing – was musical theatre, and I left the auditorium feeling elated by all the cool critiques about contemporary society, nodding profusely like a pointy-headed doomer at its mention…
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Changes for UOW coming in this year’s federal budget
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down this year’s federal budget, the third of the Albanese government and recording a surplus of $9 billion. The main focus of this budget is alleviating cost-of-living pressures. It also introduces a “Future Made in Australia” initiative that includes a number of changes to the higher education system. The…
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Executions and E Notes
‘American Psycho – The Musical’ is coming to the Wollongong stage this month at IPAC from April 23-25. This production is from local theatre company Rising Arts Productions. I had a chat with Alex Perritt, the actor taking on the role of a murderous Wall Street bro, about his craft, singing about killing and the…
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Drag Race: Down South – Interviewing Ellawarra and Roxee Horror
Illawarra – Welcome to your “Competitive Drag” era! For the third year in a row, La La La’s and Wollongong Drag Icons – Ellawarra (@ellawarra) and Roxee Horror (@roxee.horror) are teaming up to showcase some of the most Charismatic, Unique and Talented new drag performers in the Illawarra in Drag Race: Down South. For five…
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Creating Space: Interviewing Wollongong Music Circle
“We want to create a circle, a community that can bring us together, so that you can get feedback from people that understand you, network and find resources.” This is what co-founder Martin Sholl said when asked why the name ‘Wollongong Music Circle’? Only formed in the tail end of 2023, this group aims to…