BEYOND THE TRACKS: REFLECTIONS ON MICHAEL LESLIE’S LIVING SONGLINE 8 – 11 JULY @ CARRIAGEWORKS
Beyond The Tracks isn’t just a performance—it’s an invitation into the living spirit of Michael Leslie (Kamilaroi/Mandandanji). As a Murri
PLAYBACK THEATRE SYDNEY AN INTERVIEW
In an age of noise and distraction, Playback offers something quieter and perhaps more radical: the grace of being heard,
JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY’S DOUBT A PARABLE : A REVISITED MODERN CLASSIC
Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director Mitchell Butel’s selection of plays for the 2026 season has been cleverly curated with
THE INVITE: GUILT EDGED
Funny as fuck, THE INVITE is arguably the funniest, wittiest, screwiest film of the year. Reminiscent of Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage and Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf
FIRST LIGHT: LIGHT A CANDLE FOR THIS FIRST FEATURE
Contemplative as a Carmelite convent, FIRST LIGHT is a meditation on the vexing question, how can the gracious core ethics of a religion be warped into rousing support for things
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S CLASSIC MEMENTO TO GET THE HEAR MY EYES TREATMENT AT CITY RECITAL HALL
Christopher Nolan’s neo-noir classic MEMENTO will be brought to life with a live original score composed and performed solely by Michael “Cavs” Cavanagh, drummer of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
BANGARRA DANCE THEATRE’S SHELTERING AT SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Dance and movement, one of the original and strongest story telling modalities throughout history finds its origin seeded in the people and blooming through the production of the Bangarra Dance
TICKET GIVEAWAY VICTORIAN STATE BALLET PRESENTS ALADDIN AT THE CONCOURSE THEATRE CHATSWOOD
The Victorian State Ballet will present ALADDIN, a dazzling ballet production at The Concourse Theatre, Chatswood on Friday 19 June and Saturday 20 June 2026. Created by the company’s directors,
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET : ROMEO AND JULIET : BALLET TO DIE FOR
Above : Romeo And Juliet (Cranko) Grace Carroll, Joseph Caley Pic Daniel Boud One of the landmarks of The Australian Ballet’s history, John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet was first
BENJAMIN BEILMAN PERFORMS MENDELSSOHN’S VIOLIN CONCERTO
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, 9 July 2026, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House The Symphony Hour offers a neat concert package of well-known classical works in a program with no interval — all
ALBUM REVIEW : ‘HOPE’ BY ARMISTICE FLUTE CHOIR
Armistice Flute Choir are: Keyna Wilkins (centre), Chloe Chung and Jessica Scott (top left to right), Laura Chislett and Liz Cheung. Currently we are seeing and hearing artists, actors, assorted
SSO LISTEN TO THIS: DISCOVER ELGAR
SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall, 30 June. The Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s Listen to This! series continues to make classical music accessible to new and seasoned concert goers
OPERANTICS PRESENTS PRIMA LA MUSICA AND DER SCHAUSPIELDIREKTOR @ THE ETERNITY PLAYHOUSE.
Above: (l-r) sopranos Camilla Wright and Lana Kains performed with buffa excellence in the opera and Singspiel by Salieri and Mozart. This and featured photos: Rosa Doric. What better
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | OPERA AUSTRALIA
2026 Opera Australia continue celebrating 70 years of arts and entertainment with Phantom of the Opera on Sydney Harbour. In perfect timing, The Phantom itself is celebrating 40 years
EUGENE ONEGIN | AUSTRALIA OPERA
Opera Australia has dug into the library and revived its 2014 production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin by Danish Director Kasper Holten. Holten showed early promise in his career and, at
ALAN MOORE’S I HEAR A NEW WORLD : ELECTRIFYING, ABSURD AND MAGICAL
There’s a lot of strange beings with strange names and stranger powers in this exciting read….Monolulu, Commotion, Venables, Ironfoot to name some. Much of this novel takes place in
LAUREN WILLIAMS’ DEBUT CRIME NOVEL NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH : COMPELLING
Author pic : Lauren Williams Throw in a physically and psychologically abusive husband, the honourable Harry Somerton, and then add to that a narrative that is witty, clever, dark and
MUNIRA TABASSUM AHMED’S DEBUT NOVEL THE CLINGING THING : COMPELLING
There’s something much to devour, dissect, savour and imbibe and yet, ponder about accepting clinging. The theory goes something like this: cut through your conceptualisation and labels and see the
TONY ALBERT : NOT A SOUVENIR AT MCA AUSTRALIA : A FANTASTIC EXHIBITION
Above : Tony Albert, courtesy of the artist, photograph: Louis Lim At its heart this exhibition of Tony Albert’s work is his continuing engagement with what he has termed as
ART GALLERY ANNOUNCES THE WINNER OF THE 2026 PACKER ROOM PRIZE
Featured image : The Packer Room winning portrait by Sean Layh. Pic by Jenni Carter Courtesy Australian Arts Review Melbourne artist Sean Layh has been named the winner of the Packing Room
H0LDING LIGHT EXHIBITION CURRENTLY AT THE BONDI PAVILION ART GALLERY
Featured image : Installation view – HOLDING LIGHT at Bondi Pavilion Art Gallery The Shalom Collective, supported by Waverly Council, recently opened a major art exhibition entitled HOLDING LIGHT at