Arts and Entertainment Archive

Howard Jacobson is a novelist known for his humour and wit. His 2010 Man Booker Prize winning novel The Finkler Question is one of few Booker winners to be so brazenly comedic, wearing humour as a heart proudly on its sleeve. Not …

The 2014 ARIA Awards lit up Sydney last Wednesday, galvanising music industry professionals, recording artists and dedicated fans in a celebration of Australian music. Sky-high heels, suits and some questionable fashion statements graced the red carpet (yes Matt Okine, I’m talking about …

From November to March, the Art Gallery of New South Wales is offering a wonderful Pop Art collection that all art-lovers will enjoy. With a rich collection of more than 200 works from over 70 artists, the Art Gallery of NSW has …

Moonlight Cinema announced its program for the 2014/2015 summer edition with a public lunchtime launch at Martin Place on Wednesday. The city crowd welcomed the colourful open-air cinema setting and seemed to appreciate a lovely pop-up picnic, the opening speech from Moonlight Cinema director Ian …

Following on from the incredible debut Turn On the Bright Lights (2002), it’s older brother Antics (2004) the wise Our Love to Admire (2007) and the self-titled Interpol (2010) is El Pintor (2014) – 4 years in the making. High expectations are …

Orfeo is the story of Peter Els, a septuagenarian composer, musicologist, DIY microbiologist, and now America’s most wanted bioterrorist. Written by American Richard Powers, the story of Els’ 70 years of life unfolds before the reader along interweaving strands of narrative: in …

The history of boybands is littered with scandal and heartbreak. Robbie Williams famously destroyed Take That with his departure (though Gary Barlow and the rest eventually proved their worth a decade later). Justin Timberlake happily left his bandmates in the dust as …

After a long struggle with cancer poet, playwright, actor and author Luke Icarus Simon has added to his body of work with the releases of Lost in the Last Divided Capital and The Transit of Cancer. With a reputation of producing poignant …

A few weeks ago I was fortunate to experience the precise but full-blooded playing of Australia’s Slava Grigoryan in trio with US guitar magus Ralph Towner and German jazzman Wolfgang Muthspiel. At the time I was reminded of a particular beauty inherent …

Imagine if your favourite bar band – the one you see swaggering and rocking at your local most Saturday nights – won some fabulous lottery. And with that money they could mount the most amazingly huge and perfectly produced show they could conceive. The venue …