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London lockdown to global stages: the story behind Sir El Tom

When British musician Tom Cridland first sat down to learn piano during lockdown, he could hardly have imagined where it would lead. Today, he...

Sidney Nolan’s Origins: the making of an Australian artist

The Art Gallery of NSW has opened a major exhibition dedicated to Australian artist Sidney Nolan, displaying more than 150 paintings created before his...

The Good Soldier Švejk

An adaptation of the very funny adventures of a hapless Czech soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Army and a much loved European classic.

Yerma

A new translation of Lorca's haunting tragedy in which a woman's inability to have a child leads to an all-consuming obsession.

Pressure

Set in the lead-up to D-Day in World War II, Pressure (2026) is very factual and surprisingly accurate to a very large extent...

Art from the Heart of the Cross: 25 years of saving lives in Kings Cross

The Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) has just...

The Wall of Tears: Giving Gaza’s children a name

What does it mean to see 18,457 names, each...

Mud is clearly great

Remi Wolf’s Mud arrives not as a retreat but...

Luna: A Journey to the Moon

Few people will ever get the chance to set...

Next to Godliness

A very entertaining black comedy featuring two professional crime-scene cleaners with a problem job, a striking solution and the revelation of an unexpected secret.

‘ev’ry thing changes’

ev’ry thing changes ...

‘Through a window touched with frost’ 

Through a window touched with frost ...

Dangerous when Wet

An entertaining and celebratory musical following the inspiring journey of Australia's pioneering female swimmers to the 1912 Olympics.

‘a nectarine tree’ 

a nectarine tree ...

A Room with a View

A lively new adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel set in Edwardian times in which a young English woman is liberated after travelling in Italy.

Marooned: A Memoir of Fandom, Fatherhood, and the Far Side of the World

Darren Groth's memoir opens on a single, precarious morning: watching a State of Origin replay...

‘True to the Heart of Love’

I need to be chosen ...

Putting artists first: Diane Larter’s Rogue Pop Up Gallery

An uncommon feeling in a gallery is the feeling...

“I’m your weird aunty”: Ella Hooper finds her ground on ‘Overnight Success’

Ella Hooper opened tonight’s Petersham Bowling Club show with...

Islander

A stunning presentation by the Australian Theatre for Young People of a Scottish a cappella musical reimagined in Pasifika and featuring remarkable vocal performances by two young performers.

Digger

Digger Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Starring: Tom Cruise, Riz Ahmed, John...

Author Kathryn Heyman at Sydney Writers’ Festival Homegrown program

Luminous. That’s the word being used to describe author...

The Unburdening

A courageous and entertaining semi-autobiographical play exploring the situation of an chronically ill soon making a bid for independence from his caring father.

Resident Evil

Resident Evil (2026) is pretty amusing and worth watching even if you know nothing about...

Dixon and Daughters

A powerful piece of familial drama, disturbing and memorable, exploring the lives of women damaged by an abusive patriarch.

Ride Lonesome – The magic of the ocean swell put to music

Beck’s Ride Lonesome arrives not as a reinvention but...

Jan Gunnar Hoff brings Nordic jazz to Sydney

Acclaimed Norwegian jazz pianist Jan Gunnar Hoff will make...

‘Learning to Rise’

I’m learning to make it simple ...

The End of Oak Street

As a bit of a nerd, it’s very frustrating to me when something happens in a film without...

‘if you reach into your mind’s eye’

if you reach into your mind's eye sitting somewhere nice and calm ...

‘blue wren’ 

blue wren ...

‘for birds’

for birds …

Krank Fuss

Andrew Upton makes an assured debut as a novelist with...

The Book of Everything

A magical, quirky story for all ages exploring childhood innocence, domestic violence, religious extremism, and memories of the Nazi regime and the ability to find a refuge in the imagination.

Mum Club

A fiercely entertaining satirical comedy exploring the intense pressures of modern parenting culture and celebrating the resilience of Blak Sisterhood.

Redfern gallery brings artists together for Gaza

A Redfern gallery will bring together more than 60...

Not Just a Bunnings Man: The Life and Times of Tom (G.M.) Bunning

Joseph Christensen has produced something rarer than another corporate success story: a genuinely humane portrait of the man behind Australia's most recognisable hardware name. 

Grappa’s new chapter in The Rocks

Grappa is an institution in Leichhardt. Despite being located...

The old is new: Inside the collections of Sydney’s newest fashion designers

A live recording of Jimi Hendrix’s Voodoo Child (Slight...

Coffee tales from Rural Japan

As an Australian, ordering a flat white overseas is...

Into the Woods

Sondheim's beloved musical weaving together many fairy tale characters as they chase their wishes in a magical, perilous wood, and a moving meditation on the reality of "happily ever after".

Brett Whiteley : Coming Home

The Art Gallery of NSW has invited visitors back...

Young talent takes centre stage at Young Archie 2026

Held at the Art Gallery of NSW, the Young...

Top Silk

A major revival of David Williamson's 1980s satire set within the competitive world of the legal elite exploring relevant moral dilemmas and family dynamics,

The Odyssey

The Odyssey (2026) is based on Greek mythology that has been the subject of lots of movies and TV mini-series since the early 20th century.

Fool’s Paradise adds a new dimension to Sydney Fringe

Sydney Fringe Festival is back and has added a...

‘You Already Know’

Lie down in the grass ...

Casey and Diana

A moving and uplifting play inspired by Princess Diana's visit to Casey House , an AIDS hospice in Toronto, at the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis.

Funny, freaky and fierce film festivals

All of Sydney’s film festivals are great because they...

‘Dey work it out wiv de crisis improbability’

Dey work it out wiv de crisis improbability ...

‘transition’ 

slowly ...

‘The space between reality and perception’

The space between reality and perception …

‘Before the Morning Knows’ 

There is a station ...

Behind the Screens: How the internet works and how to make it work for you

Behind the Screens is a slim volume that goes into detail about the dangers and pleasures of the internet, written with a young audience in mind by Dr Niraj Lal...

Raye goes all in on a stunning second album

This album came to me the best way possible. In a time where the algorithm and socials constantly shove new music at you, numbing you with choice, I was sent This Music May Contain Hope...

The Ladies of Erskineville

They sit emporched, like seals in the sun, drink...

Introducing Super 44, Enmore’s newest margarita bar

Enmore Road's newest cocktail bar, Super 44, debuted on...

The Jungle and the Sea

The epic story of one family torn apart by the devastating violence of the Sri Lankan War, the overwhelming immensity of their loss and their struggle to survive.