Tag: Mardi Gras

Blankë Pøp set to delight at Sydney World Pride

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…

Sydney Mardi Gras: What we’re Drinking

It’s the final week of the fabulous and iconic Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras! Despite all the odds because of ~you know what~ the LGBTQI+ community and our allies have come together to celebrate and reflect on the challenges…

Jaq Queen Service Centre Sydney

Jaguar’s Jag Queen Service Centre at Mardi Gras

Jaguar are on board as a major sponsor of Mardi Gras this year, and they are throwing themselves into the celebration. They’ve taken over an empty building in the heart of Oxford Street, turning it into the amazing Jag Queen…

Bedlam Cabaret

Bedlam Cabaret: Mardi Gras Edition

The Red Rattler Theatre, since its establishment in 2009, has been a ‘playground’ for all types of performers. Playground is indeed an adept adjective in the case of the Bedlam Cabaret: Mardi Gras Edition, as the variety show turned concepts…

Strangers in Between Seymour Centre

‘Strangers in Between’ at Seymour Centre

To launch their 2018 season and Mardi Gras at Seymour, Seymour Centre kicks off with Strangers in Between, from the playwright of the award-winning Holding the Man. I was extremely thrilled to see Tommy Murphy’s latest play and to step into…

Sydney Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras launches their 40th anniversary celebration

It’s official: the 40th anniversary of Sydney’s Mardi Gras is going to be the biggest and best yet. To launch the bonanza coming our way in March 2018, Mardi Gras organisers hosted an evening of spectacular entertainment at the Sydney…

Barba party Sydney

BARBA – Dark, Sparkle, Mardi Gras Edition

It felt like half of queer Melbourne descended on Sydney for the Mardi Gras closing weekend. BARBA Party got the recipe just right for a debaucherously fantastic Friday night. BARBA recruited its Melbourne regulars alongside the hedonistic Sydney crew with…

Diamonds are for Trevor

Trevor Ashley’s Diamonds Are For Trevor

As Mardi Gras entered its final week, a one night only performance of ‘Diamonds Are For Trevor‘ was back by popular demand at The Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. ‘Diamonds Are For Trevor’ is a smorgasbord of Dame Shirley Bassey…

Sydney Mardi Gras After Party

Sydney Mardi Gras After Party: Rainbow Glitter Covered Fun

A few drops of rain didn’t dampen the spirits of more than 200,000 people who flocked to Oxford Street for the Sydney Mardi Gras parade.  As the annual street festival wound down, the sea of glitter-covered, smiling-faces, bare chests and…