Sydney has it all: The Opera House. The Harbour Bridge. The icons are known world-wide, but what else is there to explore in the most famous city in Australia? In partnership with Expedia.com.au, The Plus Ones have designed your ultimate…
Bell Shakespeare Company’s latest showing of Othello is well worth going to see this season, whether you consider yourself a bit of a Shakespeare aficionado or quite the opposite. Take myself and my plus-one, for example. I grew up going…
Sydney Craft Beer Week is at a close and I was lucky enough to be invited to one of Gibbs Premium Beers Tasting Class hosted by Alex Gibbs, co-founder of Gibbs Premium Beers. We were greeted by Alex Gibbs, aka Gibbo. He…
We are halfway through Sydney’s Craft Beer Week, which gives us a great excuse to be at a big dinner midweek. The Brewer’s Feast, hosted by the Rocks Brewing Co., is fast becoming a tradition for craft beer enthusiasts. The event was…
Last night Sydney Dance Company premiered their latest program, Untamed, to a packed-to-the-rafters Roslyn Packer Theatre, which at the close, spontaneously combusted in applause and standing ovation. The first half of the program sees the return of Wildebeest, a piece…
When my journalist daughter, Alicia, called to invite me to go with her to the Bobby Darin musical Dream Lover at the Lyric Theatre, I accepted eagerly – so eagerly that I even offered to write the review for her…
As lights dimmed in the grand concert hall of the Sydney Opera House, an immediate hush of audience chatter allowed for the residual sounds of orchestral preparation to be heard. With the venue at full capacity, the anticipation of hearing…
Multi-flavoured chocolate coated onto delicious fruit, ice cream, and waffles with rich chocolate sauce and the most beautiful big decorated chocolate cakes. I have seen it all at the Smooth Festival of Chocolate, and I loved every single bit of it….
How can music enhance our listening skills? How can we build our capacity to be good listeners through the power of music? Date: Sunday 25th September Time: 11am Venue: Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House Price:Full: $35.00 + bf Concession: $25.00 +…
The poet W.H. Auden once said ‘No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible’. Very true. Another thing people don’t do when they are feeling sensible is spend an evening in…