Camille O’Sullivan: breathtaking and wonderfully mad

I first published this piece on my production company’s website, blackcatproductions.com.au, just before traveling to Edinburgh to perform at the Fringe. I saw Camille O’Sullivan for the first time in 2008, just before setting off on what would be a life changing overseas adventure. I saw her again that year in Edinburgh at the Fringe […]

Australian Stage profile: Maeve Marsden

This profile appeared on Australian Stage on 12 August 2009, in the lead up to Lady Sings it Better’s debut season. For me, the burning question is, what was the inspiration or motivating factor that eventuated in a group of women singing popular songs that were originally written and performed by men?In a longterm sense […]

I’ve loved him for a long long time…

I’ve loved him for a long long time… …I know this love is real. He walked in to a standing ovation. That says it all really. But, with that much adoration, failure – or at least disappointment – could have been on the cards. To be honest, what I expected from the Leonard Cohen concert […]

the day to day today

I am content. I wake up in my cottage with a red door. I’m all covered with blankets but I get up and shower while it is dark. Breakfast is at 8 with coffee-in-a-bowl comme d’habitude and muesli laden with nuts. Then it’s to work. I can bike ride to the greenhouses, down narrow hedge-lined […]

Maeve’s Travel Tips for Various Countries

Czech Republic In Prague, be prepared to be somewhat unconvinced that you are in an actual city and not a European Fairytale Theme Park. Avoid large groups of British men with ‘lads on the lash’ t-shirts and freshly made tattoos. Do NOT avoid the communism museum, amusingly situated behind a MacDonald’s. Please also go to […]