Arts and Entertainment Archive

  For its 26th film festival, the Alliance Française is presenting a wide and smart range of French films from 2014 and 2015. In Sydney until March 22, the festival will also be in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Byron Bay and …

Most people didn’t notice him walk from the side of the stage to the back of the room, despite the fact he is seven feet tall, painted up in garish face paint and wearing a clown suit. Nor did most, their eyes …

To kick off its 2015 season, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra presents an all-Handel program with its centerpiece the famous “Cantata Ode for St Cecilia’s Day”, first performed in the middle of a freezing London winter in 1749. Handel was hugely popular in …

Bell Shakespeare’s production of As You Like It is a pleasant lighthearted jaunt through an Arcadian world of love, deception and hidden identities. This fanciful tale begins with court intrigue as younger son Orlando (Charlie Gaber) confronts older brother Oliver (Dorje Swallow) about his …

  Music, performances, colours, lights, lots of queer, rainbows, inclusive goodness and glitter will converge tomorrow night at the Australia Museum. This special edition of Jurassic Lounge on February 19 is the first event for the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras …

  Dean Bryant’s contemporary and hilarious piece of verbatim theatre Gaybies had its Sydney premiere at the Eternity Playhouse in Darlinghurst on February 10, presented by Darlinghurst Theatre as part of the 2015 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Adapted from interviews …

    Mike Bartlett’s smash hit play Cock had its Sydney premiere at the Old Fitzroy Hotel on February 6. This delightful and incisive comedy is propelled by an excellent script full of great one-liners and bitchy repartee delivered with great comic …

  They say life begins at 40. Well if that’s the case, I can’t wait to see what the next 40 years will hold for the nation’s youth radio broadcaster, Triple J! Multiple generations of Australians have had the good fortune to grow up …

  Gareth Davies and Charlie Garber rebirth their deliciously funny and masterful play Masterclass to launch Red Line Production’s 2015 theatre season at the Old Fitz Theatre. Join Davies and Garber as they explore their hugely imaginative ‘dream forge’ while simultaneously introducing the audience to …

  The old Fitzroy Theatre and Hotel enveloped me with kind arms and a cold beer. The anticipation to watch Kate Walder and Penny Greenhalgh’s play Bad stemmed from their very vague explanation, ‘What is bad? Let’s find out together’. Being my …