Amanda Ellison

Amanda Ellison is a writer, teacher and labradoodle owner, hailing from a Northumbrian coastal town in the UK. She writes regularly for various publications, exclusively on subjects she is passionate about – including the arts and current affairs!

Migration and Entertainment: There’s a Whole Lot of History

The release of TV’s Ten Pound Poms coincides with a particularly contentious period in Britain’s political stance regarding immigration. Britons’…

11 months ago

Why the entertainment world needs more positive female icons

Throughout history, women in the limelight have always had the power to influence their young female followers. From aping the…

11 months ago

Underneath Ms Archer: Cancel Culture versus the Magna Carta

Underneath Ms Archer is a time travel comedy starring Louise Siversen and Peter Houghton, this ninety-minute ‘dramedy’ can be caught…

12 months ago

Is Australia still a lucky country?

On May 26 Hayes Theatre Company will premiere a new all-Aussie production, The Lucky Country. According to its writer, Vidya…

1 year ago

Life really is a cabaret

Next month, cabaret-loving Aussies will have the opportunity to get their fix of a world ‘where anything can happen’: Launceston’s…

1 year ago

Is Musical Theatre Zigging or Zagging?

The desire to be unique is a common human characteristic. Research in the field of social psychology suggests that people…

1 year ago

Metropolis and the Mechanisation of Society

This April will usher in a new and timely production at the Hayes Theatre Company: Metropolis. Based on the 1925…

1 year ago

Into the Woods: Beyond ‘Happily ever after…’

In medieval Europe, the morality play was the go-to form of entertainment. These allegorical stories would, through their characters, personify…

1 year ago

Is now the time for Australia to take the starring role?

In the immediate aftermath of the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September last year, support for Australia to become…

1 year ago