Arts and Entertainment Archive

The first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander playwriting festival to be held in Sydney in two decades is now underway with six playwrights chosen to showcase their work this week. The last Indigenous playwriting festival was held in Adelaide in 2000; the …

“Cali es Cali, y lo demas es loma!” – Cali is Cali, and the rest is mountains. This is what anyone from the dangerous and vibrant city of Cali, Colombia, will tell you about their hometown. A small piece of this gritty, …

Get ready for a fundraiser with a real twist. Talented sopranos, tenors, altos and baritones will sing for marriage equality rights in Australia on February 16, performing favourite arias as they’ve never been sung before. The concept is simple: swap the gender …

Vampire Weekend is a band in demand.  On the afternoon of the gig I ended up with a spare ticket at late notice due to illness. After offering it for sale on Gumtree the phone didn’t stop beeping all night. While it’s a …

I meet blues musician Ash Grunwald on Australia Day, a few hours before his gig in The Rocks. Ash lounges on a couch, with aviator sunglasses nestled in his dreadlocks and a guitar at his side. As I approach him, I tiptoe …

Band of Horses were back at The Enmore last Tuesday touring their new album Mirage Rock. They are a punctual bunch and were already into the first song when we arrived just after the 9.30pm start time. The band brings a great …

Scary movies have never been my forte; except for movie-dates. But one petrifying look at the trailer,and I know this movie is set to redefine the boundaries of horror and become a classic. Horror fans rejoice for the heartbeat stopping, goose-bumps forming, …

Big Day Out has provided great experiences for me over the past three years with memories that will live on. But I found this year’s event was not what it was in 2011. Each year Big Day Out attracts a bigger crowd …

Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey is a cinematic masterpiece and an epic trek through space and time. Now, 35 years after the film’s release, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Sydney Philharmonic Choir have taken Kubrick’s film into a whole …

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 …