Jane Rocca

Melbourne

Sunday Life Magazine contributor - The Age/Sydney Sun-Herald, Columnist, Fashion & Features Domain Review, Domain Living, music The Age EG, Rolling Stone AUS.

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Articles

The Sydney neighbourhood that inspired Aussie music royalty

1 week ago | realcommercial.com.au | Jane Rocca

When musician Mark Lizotte – AKA Diesel – left Perth in the ’80s bound for Sydney, he moved into an apartment in Elizabeth Bay ready to chase his rock’n’roll dream on the east coast of Australia. The US-born singer-songwriter – who would become the brother-in-law of musician Jimmy Barnes – has called Sydney home since 1987. A year later he met his wife Jep (Barnes’ wife Jane’s sister) and tied the knot soon after, moving into their first home on Elizabeth Street, Paddington.
Inside David Hicks’s Gallery-Like Living Room

1 week ago | broadsheet.com.au | Jane Rocca

One Room: David Hicks’s Gallery-Like Living RoomPhoto: Courtesy of David Hicks/Mark RoperAt the influential interior designer’s Melbourne home, you’ll find a lounge area filled with some of design’s finest: a Fritz Hansen Swan chair, a rare Clement Meadmore sculptor and vintage Serge Roche lamps. Plus, other one-off pieces found on travels.
AT The Bar with Grey Goose Global Brand Director Joe McCanta

1 week ago | thewritedrop.com.au | Jane Rocca

From a life as a jazz pianist to sommelier and bartender in his native California and then New York, Joe McCanta went on to become a global brand director for Grey Goose and now plays his way through vodka’s mightiest bar notes; taking the premium drop around the world. He spoke to The Write Drop for our At The Bar series while in Australia for a new partnership deal with the Australian Open – a multi-year agreement that kicked off in January 2025.
At The Bar with Glen Bagnara from supper club Castlerose

1 week ago | thewritedrop.com.au | Jane Rocca

It’s time to put this South Melbourne basement supper club on your list of places to visit. Castlerose – known for its old-school service charm, is the latest project for hospitality lead Glen Bagnara who put his elegant touch on venues such as Hemingway’s Wine Room and Bar Bianco.
At The Bar with Restaurateur and Sommelier Fabio Magliano

1 week ago | thewritedrop.com.au | Jane Rocca

From working at Michelin-starred Locanda Locatelli to opening his own restaurants in Melbourne, Fabio Magliano moved to Australia in 2014 and brings his Amalfi Coast charm and hospitality to our shores. The sommelier and co-owner of two restaurants Buono and Sincero – which have been operating for the past five years in Melbourne – spoke to The Write Drop for our At The Bar series.
At The Bar with Bird in Hand's Senior Winemaker Sarah Burvill

1 week ago | thewritedrop.com.au | Jane Rocca

Bird in Hand has unveiled the debut release of its new labels — the Tasmanian Series and Tasmanian Reserve Series. Senior Winemaker Sarah Burvill spoke to The Write Drop for our At The Bar series – sharing her passion for winemaking; which has seen her travel and work in New Zealand and France before settling back where it all began in the Adelaide Hills.
At The Bar with Chef Jason Roberts

1 week ago | thewritedrop.com.au | Jane Rocca

New Zealand native and Sydney-based chef Jason Roberts loves to cook and travel -he’s made a career of it and still fleets between New York and Australia showcasing his passion for cuisine. Next month, Roberts heads to Chicago to cook sustainably grown premium saltwater barramundi for a special omakase evening at Miru. As ambassador for the brand, Roberts will showcase the Northern Territory’s Humpty Doo speciality – farmed halfway between Darwin and Kakadu National Park.
‘Buzzy, artsy place’: How this inner-Sydney street inspired a generation of theatre kids

2 weeks ago | realcommercial.com.au | Jane Rocca

Australian theatre star and actor Matt Lee, who returns to the stage for Titanique Musical, studied at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts in the ’90s, and landed his first major musical in the 1992 production of Hot Shoe Shuffle aged 14. The famous Newtown strip holds many nostalgic career memories for the theatre star who went on to win a Helpmann Award in 2011 for Best Male Actor in Mary Poppins.
‘I went out with a lot of gay men. I even married one’: Ruby Wax

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Jane Rocca

By Jane Rocca April 6, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This story is part of the April 6 edition of Sunday Life.See all 12 stories. Best known for her stand-up, comedian Ruby Wax is also a vocal advocate for mental health. The 71-year-old discusses her famous friends, meeting Paul McCartney and her mixed fortunes with men.
Dead Moon: 20 Years In The Crypt with filmmaker Jason Axel Summers.

2 weeks ago | thewritedrop.com.au | Jane Rocca

US filmmakers Jason Axel Summers and his wife Kate Fix return with a new documentary 20 Years In The Crypt about Portland rock outfit Dead Moon who became like family after spending time on the road with them more than two decades ago. Since then, Summers has digitised more than 180 hours of live footage captured on the road to make this new documentary. It’s here we get a glimpse of live never-seen-before footage and performances of the band as they took their DIY punk grit around the USA.