At a loss for what to do now that spring is finally here? Don’t fret, we, as usual have you covered with our list of September’s best events. Grab your diary/calender/phone and let’s get to planning your best month yet….
Dance sensation Djuki Mala are back at the Sydney Opera House to celebrate their 10th anniversary. Following packed out shows, multiple awards, and international tours I went along with my plus one to see if they lived up to the hype. Direct…
I will say this now: this will go down as one the best gigs of the year certainly one of the finest Vivid concerts I have seen. It is hard to fathom that Laura Marling is still only 27 years…
Hot Brown Honey will make you gasp, laugh, cheer, scream, and think. Intertwining song, dance, and circus, with politics, feminism, and comedy, the show is absolutely galvanising. Featuring a cast comprised of Australian Indigenous, Polynesian, and South African women, the…
AIR’s heavenly performance at the Opera House epitomized everything VIVID Sydney advocates. A compelling combination of dazzling lights, hypnotic music and abstract ideas came together to produce a creative cosmic masterpiece – witnessed by a lucky few, on a world…
Irish songstress Lisa Hannigan is no stranger to the Sydney Opera House. I’ve been lucky enough to see her on two previous occasions here: in 2013 when she opened for fellow Irishman Glen Hansard and in 2011 as part of…
The Sydney Writers’ Festival, an annual event that draws together novelists, playwrights, lyricists, memoirists and artists working in a number of other cutting-edge literary disciplines, will take place this year from May 22-28. The beating heart of the festival is…
Andrew Bird is one of the most dynamic, delightfully self-aware musicians I’ve ever heard and his recent performance at the Sydney Opera House did not disappoint. Bird, often dubbed a ‘one-man orchestra’ is not only a singer/songwriter, but a…
The Australian singer songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke made her Sydney Symphony Orchestra debut at the Sydney Opera House and I was lucky enough to witness it. Clearly a milestone in her career, the 35 years-old prodigy described the moment as a ‘dream…
The premise is simple: Women read letters they’ve composed for a theme. Part staged reading, part storytelling night, Women of Letters’ format is so simple, yet so compelling, that they sell out almost every performance. Women of Letters took to…