Arts and Entertainment Archive

The Preatures brought their infectious blend of Gothic soul and rock and roll to The Rocks on Australia Day for the Festival of the Voice. We caught up with Gideon Bensen and Isabella Manfredi of The Preatures side of stage. Q. How are …

Alan Bennett’s hit comedy The History Boys will be performed at the Sydney Opera House from February 8 to March 2. The thought-provoking play has played to sold-out houses worldwide and won many awards, including the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and …

The Australian film industry is already buzzing with the excitement that precedes the Sydney Film Festival each year. Amongst the many talented filmmakers from all over the world who hope to showcase their movies is Eva Knoet who plans to bring her …

A bold new production of the  much-acclaimed Torch Song Trilogy will be among the artistic and cultural events held during the three-week Sydney Mardi Gras 2013 festival. Directed by Stephen Colyer (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Paris Letter, Hello Again) and with a stellar cast that includes Simon …

The word subtle is not in Quentin Tarantino’s dictionary and thank goodness for that. His latest offering, Django Unchained, is truly a feast for vampires: blood, various hues and shades of blood, and techniques of blood, spurting out of a human body. …

Short+Sweet is back with its smorgasbord of 140 short plays from January 9 until early March. Now in its 12th season the festival held at the King Street Theatre, Newtown – as well as a People’s Choice finalists week at the Sidetrack …

Most Sydneysiders sought refuge in air-conditioned offices or shopping centres on Friday when the temperature hit 45 degrees. Instead, I joined a sweaty, swarming crowd of 50, 000 music fans at the Big Day Out. With a bottle of sunscreen and a …

Bell Shakespeare bumps in on George Street with creative pop-up space: 9 January – 25 February 2013 Bell Shakespeare is taking up residence of a great new pop-up space in The Rocks. Opening its doors last Wednesday (January 9), Bell Shakespeare’s Closet …

The 22nd Flickerfest international short film festival opened at the Bondi Pavilion last night on a perfect balmy Sydney evening. The audience was in a party mood as they enjoyed a selection of the 100 films chosen this year from 2300 entries …

Leo Schofield makes no bones about it – he considers the Paris Opera Ballet the Rolls Royce of ballet companies worldwide. He is not alone in this assessment: the Paris Opera Ballet is universally regarded as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, ballet …