Fresh, thoughtful journalism and creative works produced by students
of the School of Art, Communication and English at the University of Sydney.

Review: Seventeen, Seymour Centre

Walking into WildThingProduction’s Seventeen at the Seymour Centre, we were instantly taken back to high school. The stage had been covered in AstroTurf. There...

Review: The Cat Empire, Sydney Opera House

Music is the language of us all The Cat Empire’s latest show at the Sydney Opera House was an electrifying display of the band’s capacity...

Review: Arlington, Enda Walsh

Walking into the Seymour Centre’s cosy Reginald Theatre, the audience is immediately transported to an eerie dystopian world. Low synthesised music hums in the background....

Film Review: The Teacher Who Promised the Sea

Patricia Font’s latest film The Teacher Who Promised the Sea shines a poignant light on the haunting echoes of the Spanish Civil War. The film...

Beyond the Binary: Emmanuelle Mattana on Trophy Boys

Melbourne-based playwright Emmanuelle Mattana has always had a complex relationship with the world of competitive debating. “I had been a competitive debater in high school,”...

Sydney Writers’ Festival: Alisa Sapova and Anastasia Taylor-Lind on 5km From the Frontline

Ukrainian journalist Alisa Sapova and British photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind knew instantly they would be friends. “Our creative kinship happened by chance,” Taylor-Lind says. “It’s a...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange granted right to appeal extradition to US

Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted the right to appeal extradition to the US following London’s High Court ruling heard on Monday. Assange...

Review: Vänskä conducts the Music of Sibelius

Jean Sibelius is undoubtedly Finland’s most celebrated composer. While typically remembered for his passionate symphonic works and concertos, Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä’s latest show...

Film Review: Anatomy of a Fall

I was initially sceptical about going to see Justine Triet’s latest film Anatomy of a Fall. The story seemed like it had been done...

Review: Kandisky, Art Gallery NSW

Kandinsky is an artist famous for his bright colours and bold abstract forms. While many may have seen a few of his best-known paintings,...

Rose Mitchell

Rose Mitchell is a second-year student at the University of Sydney. She studies Arts, majoring in English and Spanish. Rose enjoys reading, classical music and film, and hopes to pursue a career in writing.