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CULTURE

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Afterglow

After the annual Barbershop Competition, the men gather for the traditional "afterglow". Whisky flows, dickie bows are loosened and quartets sing booze soaked melodies far into the night. But Barbershop has rules, both musical and social.

The Dapto Chaser

The Sinclair family are down on their luck and their one chance of reversing their fortunes depends on their much-loved greyhound, Boy Named Sue.

Pay No Attention

A brand-new show from The Flying Fruit Fly Circus. Thirteen young performers with spectacular circus skills in a high-energy extravaganza which is hilarious, unsettling and awe-inspiring. Excellent holiday entertainment.

Learning to see: Inside Sydney Photographic Workshops

Alexandria holds plenty of creative secrets, but tucked away...

The Roommate

A dark comedy about two very different women who clash, re-invent themselves and find out that change entails risks.

‘I Saw a Duck’

I saw a brown duck …

The Day of the Triffids

Adapted from John Wyndham's iconic sci-fi novel exploring human survival after large-scale catastrophe and the rise of the Triffids, mobile carnivorous plants. A bold, new theatrical experience from Newtown Theatre.

Locust

Try reading Locust by Joel O’Connor slowly and silently to yourself ...

‘Has there ever been delight?’ 

Has there ever been delight? She smiled then sighed ...

‘Venus’ 

Every glance you cast becomes a small devotion to beauty ...

‘Do Not Fear’

Try looking like a poet, do not fear ...

First, Do No Harm

Unflinching and unsettling, Grace Malouf's bold new play spotlights questions of whether there are limits to medical ethics and to the right to personal self-determination.

Disclosure Day

Steven Spielberg is famous for many of the classic science-fiction films he’s directed, including Close Encounters of the Third Kind...

Where is the Green Sheep?

An immersive visual theatre experience based on the beloved children's book by Mem Fox and Judith Horacek.

‘Firepop’ serves up woodfire magic in Enmore

There’s nothing quite like Enmore Road during the Sydney...

My Fair Lawyer

Tony Laumberg's My Fair Lawyer is a light-hearted satire of family secrets, legal egos and cultural misunderstandings.

You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl so in Love

At just 23, Olivia Rodrigo has been labelled the “voice of a generation”, as her music consistently captures the experience of teenagers and young adults in the modern world.

‘Harry Potter: The Exhibition’ makes its Sydney debut

After captivating audiences across 19 cities worldwide, Harry Potter:...

‘Meditation #9’

Start ...

‘My Shield, My Sister’

The world outside was cruel, unsafe, and loud ...

‘Rock Star’ 

I wanted to be a rock star ...

‘My Brother’s Birthday’

The card read …

‘Meditation #8’

Do you know ...

‘Meditation #7’

A mud-brick studio ...

‘Who knows?’

Life ladles pain in heaping spoonfuls ...

‘rock star’ 

entangled ...

‘Meditation #10’

The Man in Black ...

The Jury Experience

I never truly appreciated a juror’s job until I...

Everyone loves Archie

Wandering around the Archibald, Australia’s biggest art prize, on...

To Kill a Mockingbird

"Mockingbirds just make music. they don't eat up people's gardens; don't nest in cornribs; they doon't do one thing but sing their hearts out. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." This Genesian production of an old classic asks the audience to experience its warmth, tension, humour and injustice up close.

Continuity

In this film-within-a-play, story telling, commerce and environmental catastrophe collide with hilarious and disturbing consequences. Anything that can go wrong does as a frazzled film crew battle to take their final shot.

Public Figures strike gold on debut EP ‘Figure It Out!’

Public Figures’ debut EP Figure It Out! is exactly...

Tales from Tokyo

It’s a cold Saturday night in the dark back...

Newtown cellist plays for feeling and healing

Newtown resident, cellist and psychologist Anthea Cottee will join...

Inside the book launch of ‘Homecoming’: A love letter and call for self-compassion

What does home feel like? This is the question...

Show me the truth

This year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival broke the record for...

The Hair of the Pigeon

The Hair of the Pigeon Mohammed Massoud Morsi UWA Publishing,...

Savior

An smart and insightful play, set in the aftermath of the Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines in 2013, playwright Happy Feraren examines the blurred boundaries between corporate humanitarianism and self-interest. Feraren brings a first-hand insight and a sharp wit to what is both eye-waveringly funny and sharply satirical theatre. Another exceptional Griffin production.

Warm welcome for Colorado rockers to Sydney music scene

American indie rock band Santa Ana Rodeo last month...

Ride the Cyclone, The Musical

Most exciting play of the year so far. High-energy rocking musical, funny and profound.

Bessie’s & Alma’s brings a fresh Mediterranean edge to Surry Hills

I’ve always felt that “Mediterranean” restaurants in Sydney were...

Wolfram

Wolfram Director: Warwick Thornton Starring: Deborah Mailman, Pedrea Jackson, Thomas M....

“The book has made me into a different person”: Jane Messer on her new memoir ‘Raven Mother’

Raven Mother is a thought-provoking and moving account of...

Get your yearly fix of jazz on one day, in one place

The Sydney Con Jazz Festival returns this month featuring...

Inside Mitch Cairns’ The Artist’s Mouth at NAS

Mitch Cairns returns to the National Art School with...

‘April’ 

slim silvery fingers of light ...

Japanese singer brings full-body fishnet dark cabaret to Sydney

Japanese chanson singer Amita Hachidori and button accordionist Kentaro...

‘Eviction’

Upheaval transforms, looming wave of change …

‘My mother, no other …’

A long time ago when my life was little ...

‘Meditation #6’

Stop ...

Beauty and brutality: how the Deftones remain relevant

For a band now three decades into its career,...

Back to Larnaca

It’s almost midnight here in Larnaca and I should...

‘Meditation #5’

Your hand ...

An intimate and moving queer drama exploring a love already doomed by internal demons.

‘In Orange’

In Orange, the greens are turning into red ...

‘Trust the Light (In the Darkness)’

Trust the light ...