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Free NIDA Open Day Performances
Arts & Entertainment Features
Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is throwing open its doors on 15 June for a free Open Day of performances, classes, panel discussions and exhibitions. Named in the top ten of Hollywood Reporter’s world’s best dr… -
Bill Henson, Richard Tognetti + Lior
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Richard Tognetti and Bill Henson reunite to present Luminous with singer-songwriter Lior this August. The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) is renowned internationally for its ambitious cross-artform collaborations where, under the leader… -
Share Plates and Sunday Porchetta at Osteria Coogee
Food & Drink Features
Osteria Coogee has just opened a stone's throw from the beach and is offering locals of Coogee a delicious Italian wine bar and restaurant experience. It is the first solo venture from Chef Regan Porteous (from Parlour Group venues includi… -
Frocking Hilarious
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The show opens with a short film on the work of Action Aid who present this powerhouse of a showcase and the work they do overseas in empowering women who suffer in povery and social injustices. The audience is given a first account of how the t… -
FOLK
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The director Terence O'Connell says "FOLK floats its plot on a collection of great Irish traditional songs." -
Vivid Barangaroo: Winter Camp
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Fittingly, the Vivid installation at Barangaroo this year again includes the “great woman” Marri Dyin one of the largest puppets in Australia, the glowing 6 metre tall who will walk from her winter camp to the Barangaroo waterfront to r… -
Animal Farm
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In this superb production the animals at Manor Farm know something isn’t right: surely there’s more to life than hard work and a premature demise. Old Major the boar experiences an epiphany, calls together the non-human inhabitants, and explai… -
Kaiit Miss Shiney
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Miss Shiney is the first release of 2019 for neo-soul star on the rise Kaiit. -
New 4am Trading License for Freda's
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News of the week is that Chippendale bar Freda’s has just been approved to trade until 4am on Friday and Saturday nights, as well as 2am the rest of the week including Sunday. “We have seen Sydney’s nightlife go through a sad and p… -
What's New in Indie Pop Rock
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Sydney Scoop gets really excited when their indie pop rock firm favourites release a new single. In the last month or so both Philadelphia Grand Jury and The Delta Riggs have dropped new songs as just the tip of the iceberg of their new material.… -
Live Music Sundays at King Street Wharf
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With Summer long gone and Winter on its way, Sydney is still dishing up a range of good Sunday sessions to get you through the chillier months. The King Street Wharf precinct offers several venues with live music every Sunday afternoon. He… -
Austral Floral Ballet: Vivid 2019
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Vivid Sydney is the largest festival of light, music and ideas in the Southern Hemisphere. Celebrating its eleventh anniversary in 2019, Vivid Sydney is continually setting the benchmark for world class events, creativity and innovation and it wil… -
The Monologue Adventure
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After sell out shows in 2018, this year #themonologueadventure readings will transform Leichhardt Town Hall on 12 and 13 May with five amazing women performers. Tickets … -
All Night Cine-Love @ Sydney Festival
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All Night Cine-Love In overnight 8 to 9 June (10pm to 7.30am) is an all-night film extravaganza as part of The 66th Sydney Film Festival. Screening at the all-night session are legendary filmmaker David Lynch’s cult classic Eraserhead (… -
Irish Film Festival
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The Irish Film Festival returns to Sydney next week a candid glimpse into Irish culture for Australian audiences young and old. This year’s festival begins in Sydney with a community screening of Unquiet Graves in Penrith on Wedne… -
Mabo: Yothu Yindi & The Treaty Project
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After 18 months of performing its exciting electronica show live around Australia and hot on the heels of rave reviews for their Bluesfest 2019 performances, Yothu Yindi & The Treaty Project have today released a new single titled Mabo. … -
Theatresports All Stars @ Comedy Festival
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Improvised comedy cup winners from the ‘80s, ‘90s and ‘naughties’ will go head-to-head at the Enmore Theatre as three generations of Theatresports legends during the 2019 Sydney Comedy Festival when the Theatresports All Stars present the … -
Improv Theatre for Sydney
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Improvisation is the art of spontaneously creating something from nothing. Improv is popular the world over, it’s often funny but it can be uplifting, heart-wrenching or heart-warming. It’s also great for well-being, creating community, charac… -
Cult Comedy PUFFS
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Even Muggles will totally crack up laughing if advanced owl posts on cult comedy PUFFS are true. PUFFS by New York City playwright, actor and improviser Matt Cox, drops in Sydney this May at the Entertainment Quarter Moore Park, but first … -
How To Live A Soulful Life: Increase The Love In Your Life
Fashion & Lifestyle Features
How much love do you have in your life? Isn’t this what we all want? So much of what we do in life to receive more love, to feel more love, to experience more love? If we dig deep, isn’t this the ultimate truth?…