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Silver Gull Play Award
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Five local Sydney plays were shortlisted for the 5th Silver Gull Play Award. And the winner is... -
Latin American Film Festival
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The 14th annual Sydney Latin American Film Festival (SLAFF) is back this September (4—11). -
Hayes @ The Hayes: 12 shows only
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She is our first lady of Australian theatre, she has a theatre named after her that rejoices in our new found love of musicals, and she told me last year that she best loves the era of stage when it was still called musical comedy. No spoilers, bu… -
Musicians Fighting Indigenous Suicide
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Alarmingly, 40% of child deaths in Indigenous communities are by suicide, and the percentage of youth suicides that are Indigenous rose from 10% in 1991 to a staggering 80% in 2012. The likelihood that Aboriginal people will self-harm is six times… -
ANZAC Musical Hits State Theatre
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Performed by thirty-five Australian actors and ten musicians, new musical Three Weeks In Spring hits the State Theatre this week. The musical, set during the first three weeks of the Gallipoli campaign in April 1915, explores the themes of mateshi… -
Hot August Nights
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Sydney - what's happening? We know and we'll tell you! Here's what will get you going on your Hot August Nights... and some smooth days... … -
Oz Comi-Con
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Sydney gets the chance again this 28 - 29 September to unleash their favourite cosplay character and assemble their super squads for Australia's largest annual celebration of pop culture. This year the jam-packed weekend of entertainment w… -
The Grapes Of Wrath
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New Theatre presents: John Steinbeck's THE GRAPES OF WRATH by Frank Galati - 6 August to 7 September 2019 -
First Sydney Folk Festival
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Timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, top notch musicians aged from 9 to 90 will thrill Sydney city slickers with a wild rainbow of sounds at the first ever Sydney Folk Festival. -
This Bitter Earth
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This Bitter Earth: Stripping down the hopes and dreams of every relationship we have ever had As the audience enters the theatre shuffling for seats, the tunes of Kylie Minogue set the tone as Joel's (Matthew Predny) dance… -
New music and a national tour: Montaigne
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Australian songstress Montaigne has just released her new single "Ready", ahead of upcoming album Complex (set for release August 30), and has announced the dates and deets of an upcoming national album tour in November. "Ready" dropped la… -
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NO:INTERMISSION One-Act Play Festival launches this month This month sees the launch of the inaugural NO: INTERMISSION FESTIVAL, Sydney's brand new One-Act Play Festival. It's "a celebration of shorter works designed to warm yo… -
NIDA 2020 Applications Open
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Australia’s world-famous National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) has opened its applications to study in 2020 for the next generation of artists, technicians and creatives. Applications are open for all of NIDA’s Master, Bachelor and Diploma… -
Japanese Film Festival Fringe
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The Japanese Film Festival Fringe kicks off at the end of the month; each film shows for one night only. -
Tom Burlinson stars: CHICAGO The Musical
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Razzle Dazzle 'Em the song goes.... Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, CHICAGO is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Despera… -
HAIR
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The American Tribal Love Rock Musical of the Sixties returns to Sydney. -
Diplomacy
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This perfectly formed play and its players is the stuff that theatres are built for. -
The Superjesus: SUMO 20 LIVE
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Australian rock legends The Superjesus have today announced a new recording, The Superjesus SUMO 20 LIVE – a double live album recorded during their massive 20th anniversary tour of their celebrated debut album SUMO, set for release on 6 Septemb… -
This Bitter Earth: New Theatre Newtown
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Experimental live shows thrive in the inner west and New Theatre Newtown is the hotspot for some of Sydney’s most challenging and original works. Their upcoming world premiere is This Bitter Earth. It’s a short run 17 day production put… -
50th Anniversary Moon Landing
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On 20 July 1969, Apollo 11 landed the first humans on the Moon. During that time the space race grabbed the attention and imagination of people from nations around the world. The first walk on the moon by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin was televi…