Arts and Entertainment Archive

I have made my New Year’s resolutions early. Among my desires to get fit and quit my debilitating chocolate addiction, I also want to cut down the hours of crappy television I watch. My New Year’s resolution starts now. Goodbye Neighbours, Snog …

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is on the hunt again for new fresh funny faces to join the ranks of Australia’s most prestigious open mic comedy competition in 2013. Registrations for RAW Comedy are now open around the country, with heats to be …

Renowned conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy breaches the divide to the master in this concert version of the Tchaikovsky opera last enjoyed by Sydney audiences in the 1979 Australian Opera production. The chilly despair of Tchaikovsky’s dark masterpiece, set in the aristocratic salons of …

  I was a bit surprised to find myself the winner of a double pass to Triple J’s Unearthed ARIA Music Week Showcase event last Tuesday. Previously, the most significant prize I’d ever won in my life was a yo-yo from a …

Among the slew of bedroom Beyoncés and pre-teen chirrupers that grind through the X-Factor/Idol/Voice talent quest mill, it is nice to see the occasional hardworking muso get up. It is also nice when success in these nationally broadcast spectacles pushes the career of …

You’d be hard pressed to find a show that traverses multiple times and locations in the blink of an eye. Yet the Cranston Cup Theatresports Grand Final transported audiences from a Church confessional, to an alien probing, then to an American airport …

Rising classical music star and guitarist extraordinaire Miloš Karadaglić gave his first public performance in Sydney to what was nearly a full house at the City Recital Hall in Angel Place last night. The charismatic 29-year-old from Montenegro delighted a diverse audience …

The Enmore Theatre will host a thrilling night of improvisation, rapid fire wit and musical mayhem tomorrow night with the Cranston Cup Theatresports Grand Final. The Cranston Cup features the crème de la crème of Sydney’s improvisation scene and a series of …

I recently managed to tie down wordaphile Jess Santosa long enough to extract some brain juice perfection from her. Jess is the only Sydney national finalist in the Australian Poetry Slam to be held on December 1 at the Sydney Theatre. The …

The Macedonian Film Festival will screen at the Hoyts Paris Cinema at the Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park this weekend, November 24 and 25. The festival opens with a VIP cocktail party at 6pm on Saturday night and Vladimir Blazevski’s black comedy …