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A former choirmaster takes a nostalgic trip through the city’s festive soundtrack

|Second Stage and Vineyard Theatre present a wild new musical from the writer of A Strange Loop. ||Off-Broadway|Alyse Alan Louis,Eric William Morris,James Jackson Jr.,Latoya Edwards,Lauren Marcus,Lileana Blain-Cruz,Liz Lark Brown,Michael R. Jackson,Molly Hager,Second Stage Theater,Tarra Conner Jones,Vineyard Theatre,White Girl in Danger

Varvara Meli, a friend of Hannah Clarke, told an inquest Aaliyah, six, learned to stand up to her father Rowan Baxter in the months before he murdered them on February 19, 2020. 

Hannah Clarke, 31, and her children Aaliyah, six, Laianah, four, and Trey, three, were killed at the hands of her ex-partner Rowan Baxter when he doused them in petrol and set them alight.

Content warning: The following review contains discussion of suicide. "Confessional" as a musical adjective was beaten into the ground by writers decades ago, but on her latest album Sarah Mary Chadwick digs it up and dances with its proverbial corpse. Me & Ennui Are Friends, Baby is the conclusion to a ramshackle trilogy of records about trauma and grief by the Melbourne via New Zealand singer-songwriter. The former two technically boast a grander scale – The Queen Who Stole The Sky (2019)...

Sarah Mary Chadwick Shares New Album Me & Ennui Are Friends, Baby Annabel Kean / Friday 5th February, 2021 2:01PM    Sarah Mary Chadwick has written a flawless Valentines album: Me & Ennui Are Friends, Baby. A little less dramatic than the one she played on a 147 year-old grand organ, this record is just Chadwick, a normal piano, and her usual, inimitable lyrics. Me & Ennui Are Friends, Baby is the last in a three-part project, preceded by LPs Please Daddy, and judging by its avail...

The Melbourne via New Zealand songwriter’s new album is her most monumental statement of sorrow yet.

Sarah Mary Chadwick. CREDIT: Darren Sylvester Sarah Mary Chadwick is on the cusp of releasing her forthcoming album, and now she’s dropped another cut from it with ‘Full Mood’. ‘Full Mood’ is the third single Chadwick has dropped from her new album ‘Me And Ennui Are Friends, Baby’, out on February 5 via Rice Is Nice Records. The song follows the release of previous singles ‘At Your Leisure’ and ‘Every Loser Needs A Mother’. The song is incredibly intimate, with just Chadwi...

The 100 best Christmas songs of all time From Mariah to Bublé, heres our pick for the very best tunes for the festive season 100 best Christmas songs of all time for your festive music playlist for adults and kids Nay-sayers and Scrooges will say that Christmas music is the scourge of the high street and advertising from November onwards, but few can truly resist the cockle-warming powers of Wham!s Last Christmas or Fairytale of New York.  Mariah Careys All I Want for Christmas is You may hav...