It was a sweltering evening at Sydney’s Hyde Park and the oasis that is Meriton Festival Village — the heart of the annual Sydney Festival. With so much going on in the Village, it’s easy to get distracted, but we…
Sitting in the audience at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre watching the new musical production Ladies in Black, I am struck with an unusual sense of belonging and familiarity, of ease, and pride. The plot is set in a 1950s Sydney department store. A…
‘When I was born in 1967 I wasn’t counted in the census. We were the property of the Government. Wards of the State… I felt like I wasn’t considered a person.’ – Vernon Ah Kee The exhibition Vernon Ah Kee —…
The 2017 Sydney Festival will be in its 14th year, and, like any good festival set in the Sydney summer, it will feature everything from burlesque to Canadian circus, from contemporary dance to Indigenous arts pieces. Originally designed to draw visitors…