I’ll start with a disclaimer: aside from as a child, I’ve had very limited exposure to opera. I thought the Opera Wine and Dine event would be an enjoyable point of access to something new. I was right. Hosted by…
The countdown is well and truly on for this year’s VIVID Sydney Festival, which will run for 23 nights from Friday 26 May to Saturday 17 June. The annual festival celebrating lights, music and ideas is set to transform Sydney…
The year is moving along, with April almost upon us — and you all know that once April is done the rest of the year tumbles by alarmingly quickly. So really, April is like the hump-day of the year, and…
The Twilight at Taronga concert series has wrapped up for another year. Canadian singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright had the honor of wrapping this year’s concert series. For the uninitiated, the Wainwright household has impressive musical pedigree. Martha’s older brother, Rufus, is…
The Riverside Theatre opened its doors to welcome the audience of ‘Rumour Has It – The Show’. In the show, Naomi Price, from The Voice Australia, took over the role of international superstar Adele. The show was supposed to bring…
Typically spontaneous and a little tired of frequenting local clubs, I decided I was set on attending the next festival in Sydney. Conveniently, St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival popped up as the nearest option, a mere 15-minute walk from my house. It…
Stewart D’Arrietta is a busy man. While touring Australia with John Waters in the John Lennon Tribute ‘Lennon: Through a Glass Onion’, he is also taking time to pay tribute to another musical legend, Leonard Cohen. My Leonard Cohen…
While this wasn’t my first classical performance at a major venue, it was my first at the Sydney Opera House, which is, let’s be honest, a pretty big deal to anyone interested in the arts. The performance: Vivaldi: The New Four…
The Twilight at Taronga summer concert series returns for another year after a series of successful runs. This year’s lineup has a distinct Australian feel to it, including the reunion of number of popular bands from the 1990s and early…
John Waters’ and Stewart D’Arrietta’s two-man show Lennon: Through a Glass Onion has returned to Sydney for its silver anniversary tour. It’s done the rounds off-Broadway, in London’s West End, at the Edinburgh Festival and even, daringly, in the Beatles’…