Iconic Western Australia winery Houghton is bursting onto the wine scene with their all-new Reserve Range, plus their re-launched Wisdom Range. The most-awarded winery in WA, Houghton’s offerings run the gamut from reds to whites, Pinot Noir to Chardonnay. Want…
Chardonnay is a grape variety with a somewhat daggy reputation among serious oenophiles. But, fear not! BUTTERED: Aussie Chard Fest was a wine festival that didn’t take itself too seriously. The folks at Handpicked Wines, well aware of the bad…
Fangirls makes me want to scream my head off and tell everyone to go watch Fangirls. It’s an absolute spectacle filled with always loveable and sometimes frustrating characters, with a pounding urgency that makes its two and a half running…
Something is wrong. As ominous as an abattoir conveyor belt, the successive monologues in Slaughterhouse inch us closer to an inevitable end. Here, that end seems mostly about finding out what’s happened at a corporate rooftop party, which has turned out…
Once the beverage of choice of Grannies and unwed Aunts, gin has been re-embraced by the public. Big time. If you’re a fellow gin lover, rejoice. From 21 – 24 November Gin Palooza returns to Sydney’s majestic Paddington Town Hall…
We were curious as to why Bell Shakespeare Director James Evans chose to open his new production of the comedy Much Ado About Nothing with the climax scene – a blissful double wedding with “all’s well that ends well”. Not until…
As one of the first properly warm Saturdays, I think everyone who wasn’t at the beach was at Holey Moley Newtown. We had to wait a few minutes to order our food and drinks, but the staff were energised, cheerful, and…
Billy Elliot The Musical takes you on a riveting journey of a young boy growing up in a conservative mining town in Northern England during the 1980s. Billy’s dream is to become a ballet dancer — but will he be…
The Plus Ones were invited to celebrate the launch of Two Suns Premium Dry: a new beer born from a collaboration between two great brewing nations: Australia and Japan — and a perfect way to welcome the warmer months. Guests gathered…
You know you’re in for a treat at winemaker Gwyn Olsen’s dinner when she shows up in a dress from Instagram star @imakestagram. You know the one — it’s tinsel, literally tinsel. And it’s awesome, just like Olsen herself. The…