
ORDINARY DAYS : CODA’S DEBUT PRODUCTION AT THE STUDIO THEATRE KENSINGTON
Above : Liam Faulkner-Diamond as Jason-‘Favourite Places’ Danika Rojas as Deb- ‘Don’t Want To Be Here’[/caption] CODA’s debut production of

HEAVEN: BITCHEN WOLF AT QTOPIA
Mairead (played demonstrably by Lucy Miller) and Mal (played sensitively by Noel Hodda) are married. This weekend they return to

SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL : LAKSHMAN AND FRIENDS AT THE FUSEBOX FACTORY THEATRE
As you drive to Marrickville from Newtown you come across an array of coloured lights and bunting along a broad street

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING @ AUSTRALIAN CINEMAS from 17TH MAY 2025
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, is thrillingly ambitious, and the best of the best, the Cinematic Tour de Force That Fully Redefines, the realms of Insanity and Gravity. Brace

SYDNEY SCREENING INVITE : WILDING : IN CINEMAS MAY 22
SYNOPSIS: Based on Isabella Tree’s best-selling book by the same title, Wilding tells the story of a couple that bets on nature for the future of their failing four-hundred-year-old estate. The

THE SALT PATH: RUN DON’T WALK
Walking is good for you. What may be hard on the sole is good for the soul and overall wellbeing. THE SALT PATH is testimony. Just over a decade ago,

NIJINSKY | THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET
The Nijinsky ballet, makes its return to Sydney Opera House after 9 years in hiatus since its Australian premiere in 2016. Devised by German based, American Choreographer, John Neumeier, this

BANDALUZIA @ ILLAWARRA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
After seeing Spanish Flamenco featured in films from Baz Lurman’s Strictly Ballroom in 1992 to Salsa in the 2021 film In The Heights the world of Spanish dance

SYDNEY FESTIVAL : THE CHRONICLES AT ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE
‘ THE CHRONICLES is a new work by Australian choreographer Stephanie Lake. It has a lot to enjoy and commend, but also invites some questions. Stephanie utilises the ensemble of

MUSICA VIVA : HOLLYWOOD SONGBOOK – SIGNUM SAXOPHONE QUARTET WITH ALI MCGREGOR @ CITY RECITAL HALL.
Above: Signum Quartet (l-r) Blaz Kemperle, Jacopo Taddei, Alan Lužar and David Brand performed ‘Hollywood Songbook’ on the City Recital Hall stage with stunning lighting design by Trent Suidgeest. Image:

COMING SOON : BACH AKADEMIE AUSTRALIA CONCERT : THE CLASS OF ’85
Above photo : Soprano Hannah Fraser Artists Hannah Fraser – Mezzo soprano Susannah Lawergren – Soprano Madeleine Easton – Artistic Director Bach Akademie Australia The odds are slim that three

SCHUBERT SONGS | AUSTRALIAN HAYDN ENSEMBLE
Australian Haydn Ensemble performed Schubert Songs featuring guest Baritone David Greco. Back by popular demand, the ensemble have revived the program with Greco from the BC years (Before Covid) mixing

OPERA AUSTRALIA: DIDO AND AENEAS AT THE DAME JOAN SUTHERLAND THEATRE
Above: Opera Australia Chorus and Circa Ensemble in Dido & Aeneas. Featured image: CIRCA Ensemble members take flight on the Dida and Aeneas stage. Photo credit: Keith Saunders. A terrific

SEVEN DEADLY SINS & MAHAGONNY SONGSPIEL
Directed by Spark Sanders-Robinson Conducted by Philip Eames Featuring pianist Nathaniel Kong Music by Kurt Weill | Libretto by Bertolt Brecht – 4 Stars The Seven Deadly Sins, composed in

LA TRAVIATA AT SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Opera Australia opened La Traviata last night at the Joan Sutherland Theatre in Sydney Opera House. With a big cruise ship in Circular Quay there were many Americans in the

JACQX MELILLI : WHEN THE GLITTER FADES : VAUDEVILLIAN MACHINATIONS
In her debut novel, Jacqx Mililli has tackled the world of vaudeville in Australia in the first half of the twentieth century. Based on reminiscences the author heard

LANDFALL: A CLI-FI THRILLER
Devastating. LANDFALL by James Bradley may well be the most devastating detective fiction you’ll read this year. Cataclysmic climate change has transformed Sydney into a ravaged landscape shaped by

LOVE UNEDITED: GETS YOU RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE THROAT
“Molly turned page forty of the manuscript, put it face down on the stack and switched off her desk lamp….the pages of the novel had got under her skin

WYNNE PRIZE 2025 : JUDE RAE FOR PRE-DAWN SKY OVER PORT BOTANY CONTAINER TERMINAL
IMG_1140 Sydney artist Jude Rae has won the Wynne Prize 2025 and $50,000 for her painting Pre-dawn sky over Port Botany container terminal, depicting an immense sky underlaid with the

SULMAN PRIZE 2025 WINNER : GENE A’HERN FOR SKY PAINTING
Gene A’Hern has won the Sir John Sulman Prize 2025 and $40,000 for his work Sky painting, a bold, vibrant and gestural work that draws on his relationship to the Blue Mountains where he

JULIE FRAGAR WINS ARCHIBALD PRIZE 2025 WITH PORTRAIT OF ARTIST JUSTENE WILLIAMS
The Art Gallery of New South Wales was pleased to announce that Brisbane artist Julie Fragar has won the Archibald Prize 2025 and $100,000 for her portrait of fellow Brisbane