Sydney World Pride is here, and amongst the glitz and glam is a neon-glowing gem that you absolutely can’t miss. Born in 2018 as a wild performance art party, featuring disco & house music and glowing blacklight immersive installations, Blankë…
On a wet and windy night my plus one and I joined hundreds of other punters at First Fleet Park in The Rocks for a taste of exhilarating theatre, spectacle and comedy. We were here to witness a show unlike…
My plus one at the opening night of Opera Australia’s current production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro was my husband. He had been wanting to see this particular opera for years. His favourite movie of all time, The Shawshank…
If a funny little man in the desert, demanding drawings of sheep and talking of roses means something to you, then I’m sure you will already have your tickets to the stage performance of The Little Prince at The Opera…
The myth of Faust is a familiar and oft-adapted tale – the old man who sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for a return to youth and a shot at love with a beautiful virgin. Gounod reworked Goethe’s…
There’s nothing quite like the Sydney Opera House throwing a birthday party for a musical. And on Thursday night, that’s exactly what they did to celebrate the 50th anniversary tour of the 1960s rock musical Hair (3 – 6 October). Wading…
When my editor asked me if I wanted to attend a ‘sober rave’ on a Friday night, I must admit I said yes before she’d even stopped talking. Sober raving, or conscious clubbing, is a relatively new phenomenon – I’d…
Voted to be the most popular opera of all time, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly has hit the Opera House in a style and on a scale as never before. Director Graeme Murphy’s contemporary take on the timeless classic marries stunning vocals…
Three dances, three spellbinding experiences. Season One of Sydney Dance Company’s 50th Anniversary program is an exceptional showing, serving a varied trilogy in turns frenzied, poetic and intense. Neon Aether by Gabrielle Nankivell, is flashy and cinematic. Each of the…
They say rain on opening night of an outdoor show is a good omen. Well, Handa Opera’s West Side Story on Sydney Harbour must be in for one hell of a run after the deluge that set in for a…