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Review: David Williamson’s Emerald City – On Demand, Riverside Theatres Digital. Reviewed by editor-at-large Gary Nunn.
Articles by Gary Nunn
ARQ Sydney for sale: at what point do we say no to ‘development’?
The end of an era is nigh, with Australia’s biggest gay nightclub up for sale. ‘I want my gay village back,’ writes Gary Nunn in reply.
It’s time to stand up for my profession
It’s time to stop blaming ‘the media’ for society’s ills and wake up to the essential role journalists play in democracy, argues Gary Nunn.
“I hope I haven’t scared my kids too much!”: Paddy Manning
Ahead of moderating an event at the Antidote festival, Paddy Manning speaks to Gary Nunn about climate change, News Corp and how writers make ends meet.
Linda Scott: ‘My sister spurred me into politics’
City of Sydney Councillor Linda Scott on her campaign to be Lord Mayor – and why she’s lucky to have a sister born with a disability.
Horsing around: how the horse/human relationship has evolved
In the wake of Sydney’s anti-lockdown protests, in which horses were used to help manage protesters, Gary Nunn investigates how horses are used in public life.
Meet Sydney’s most colourful characters
Gary Nunn introduces us to some of Sydney’s most colourful eccentrics, free spirits and one-offs: the characters who give Sydney its personality, colour and flair.
PR companies feared and revered him in equal measure: what will Tim Burrowes do next?
Tim Burrowes is leaving Mumbrella. He speaks about taking a well-deserved career break – and his debut book on the media industry’s most tumultuous decade.
Meet the first ever Aboriginal candidate for Sydney Lord Mayor
Wiradjuri woman Yvonne Weldon is the first Aboriginal Australian to stand for Sydney Lord Mayor. She speaks with the Sentinel about the milestone and challenging the powerful incumbent, Clover Moore.
Four things Sydney could learn from ‘the world’s most liveable city’: Auckland
Gary Nunn has just returned from Auckland – recently named ‘the world’s most liveable city’ – and has some ideas on what the Harbour City can learn from the City of Sails.
Significant Other: a uniquely honest reflection on a modern conundrum
What do you do when your closest friends find love and settle down, but you haven’t? That’s the question behind the New Theatre’s latest production, Significant Other.
“I no longer speak to mum. She’s done some awful, nasty things”: Rosie Waterland
Rosie Waterland has a new show, a newish conservative commentator boyfriend and is about to break into fiction, writes Gary Nunn, who interviewed her for the Sentinel.
Rick Morton: “Gay, working class, vulnerable: my very existence is political”
Award-winning journalist, author and Sydney Writers’ Festival drawcard Rick Morton speaks with the Sentinel about his year of living vulnerably.
I squirmed in my seat. I was supposed to.
Review: “The Removalists” by David Williamson, New Theatre, Newtown. By editor-at-large Gary Nunn.
The style almost becomes the substance in this play of nostalgia-fetish gone wrong
The Sydney Theatre Company’s “Home, I’m Darling” explores gender roles through one woman’s fetishisation of the stereotypical 1950s housewife.