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WOVEN SONG, a contemporary work created and performed by Yorta Yorta soprano Deborah Cheetham Fraillon. Photo: Leona Li On November 21, the 50th anniversary of the Seymour Centre, Sydney audiences were treated to a special chamber music performance: WOVEN SONG, a contemporary …

Sheridan Harbridge is just superb in this stunningly good homage to Australian rock icon and Divinyls frontwoman Chrissy Amphlett. Described as a ‘rock odyssey’ of music, storytelling and unapologetic attitude that blends biography and concert anecdotes, the show is all that and …

  David Williamson’s latest play takes a swipe at elites and wannabes. Katie Norrie (Mandy Bishop) doesn’t want a taste of the high life, she wants a seat at the table – or more accurately on the board of an important art …

  Billed as entertainment for all ages, this one is directed primarily to younger kids, but the acrobatic, juggling and aerial expertise feats on offer should impress older siblings as well as adults. Hosted by a suitably mad contortionist Mad Hatter (Tamara …

Thirty-one years after the fatal shooting of Cabramatta state MP John Newman, a book launch in Fairfield on 12 December 2025 brought people together to revisit one of Australia’s most contested crimes in the place where it all happened on 5 September …

Australia’s party system was once dominated by Labor and the Coalition, but now it has shifted from a near two-party system where independents and minor parties took about 4 per cent of the national primary vote in 1975 to a landscape where …

This is a good, old-fashioned murder mystery, delivered with panache – and one that keeps us guessing until the final scene. Director Mark Kilmurry drives the plot along with precision, and his cast of five cannot be faulted. Frederick Knott’s Dial M …

The Australia Western Sahara Association (AWSA) hosted a special screening of “Limbo: The Forgotten Promise” at NSW Parliament House on 17 September 2025. Hosted by the Hon Janelle Anne Saffin MP and Ms Kobi Lee Shetty MP, the screening focused on Western …

Hi I’m Macca and I’m an alpaca. I live on a farm with lots of other animals, but my best friend in the whole world is Maggie. Maggie is also an alpaca, but she’s a bit braver than me. She once ate …

What a wonderful production of Edward Albee’s searingly black comedy! George and Martha, middle-aged, married and famously unhappy, first burst onto the stage in 1962 and ultimately the play was a huge success – even though, according to the program notes, ‘it …