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…
The Yellamundie Festival opened its doors to the public for the opening ceremony and two play readings. The Yellamundie festival is a biannual event, for which six plays are chosen to be read on stage by actors. Since 2013, 65…
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…
Electric Gardens nicked the best weather in Australia for their summer event this year. The sun was splitting the grass and diffused a buzzing haze across the fields of Centennial Park, as the youth and backpackers of Sydney trooped along…
When in Darlinghurst, heading up a dimly-lit staircase is always a stellar idea. Better yet, if it transports you to a warm, cosy, and vintage hideout for some of Sydney’s best cocktails. The mid-century decor of The Long Goodbye, complemented…
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…
As if you needed another excuse to visit adorable Bay Street in Double Bay, Mrs. Sippy has launched a brand-new summer menu. Indulge in fresh oysters and Moorish-inspired dishes from their new chef Andreanne Pelletier. The Plus Ones headed down for a special…
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’…
Do you love markets but hate lining up for food? Or maybe you suffer the all too common fate of ordering your fill before you’re fully aware of all the options, only to realise you’ve chosen too soon? Allow me…
It’s an intriguing title: I Hate You My Mother. Theatre company Redline Productions performs this play at the Old Fitz Theatre in Woolloomooloo. It’s the first of twelve new Australian works this year in honour of the theatre’s 20th anniversary. And what a…