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Blanchett, Nevin bagged as actor quits

Colin Moody leaves the Actors Company and launches a scathing attack on the STC's outgoing director Robyn Nevin and her successor, Cate Blanchett.

Naked truth behind the buzz

An artist accustomed to baring her own body is at her most revealing when she dims the lights.

Poor state of design as architecture awards go elsewhere

FOR the first time in a decade and only the second time in the 27-year history of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects' awards, not one NSW building has received a major award.

Saving the best until last

SacredPhoto credit  Nigel Norrington.jpg PRESS NIGHT WEDNESDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER 2006SYLVIE GUILLEM AND AKRAM KHAN IN SACRED MONSTERS AT SADLER'S WELLS PICTURE BY NIGEL NORRINGTONNOTE THIS PICTURE HAS BEEN APPROVED BY SYLVIE GUILLEM ONLY FOR USE IN NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES IN DIRECTLY PUBLICISING SACRED MONSTERS PERFORMANCES. ANY OTHER USE OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH MUST BE CLEARED WITH MISS GUILLEM IN ADVANCE INCLUDING USE IN NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE FEATURES NOT CONNECTED WITH HER PERFORMANCE IN SACRED MONSTERS AS WELL Brett Sheehy's final festival is a cracker, writes Bryce Hallett.

Life class

Reg Mombassa says surviving as an artist has become harder but is just as rewarding.

Not just a stage

Brett Sheehy and Robyn Nevin explain why, after so many years in the biz, theatre is still their passion.

Sketchy future for walls of fame

PHOTOGRAPHERS CHOICE.Street Art Tour.Curator Chris Tamm who will be leading a tour of the best stencil and street art  in Newtown , Enmore and St Peters.Photo shows Chris Tamm with street art in Enmore Road. Newtown  pmr Thursday 18 October 2007.  News story by Yuko. Chris Tamm leads walking tours of the best lanes in the inner west to see street art.

Poet whose dance does the talking

More than moving the feet, his work can fill his spirit, the pioneering choreographer Merce Cunningham tells Valerie Lawson.

ARTS PREVIEWS & REVIEWS

Julie Rrap: Body Double

An artist accustomed to baring her own body is at her most revealing when she dims the lights.

King Tide

Katherine Thomson's wonderful play is about the collision of world views both generational and political.

Blue Print

When bushfires raged through the outskirts of Canberra, Deborah Pollard had no idea her parents were fleeing for their lives.

Dickens' Women

Miriam Margoyles reveals her passion for Dickens as well as the extent of her interpretative powers.

Homeland

A typically sidelong look at this moment in American history from avant-garde superstar Laurie Anderson.