Many recording artists release a second album, but few do it at 97. For Noel Balfour, his love of music keeps him going. Well, not just going: he looks 25 years younger than his age when we meet at Andy Busuttil’s Hazelbrook studio, Blue Mountains Sound, where Balfour has just…
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Belvoir St Theatre, April 9 6.5/10 I’m sure Megan Wilding doesn’t mean to steal scenes, but her physical acting, timing and control of her vocal pitch are so complete that she’s a magnet for the eyes and ears. Even with very fine actors, you sometimes see the craft underpinning their…
Roslyn Packer Theatre, April 2 6/10 Like some of the residents in the Pine Grove Aged Care Centre, Bloom can be a bit lame. Handed caricatures rather than characters, the actors sometimes grasp after laughs, rather than trusting material that’s punctuated with genuinely funny lines. I’ve seen this phenomenon in…