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Alan Cumming was in conversation with David Marr at the Joan Sutherland Theatre to discuss his memoir Not My Father’s Son, as part of the Sydney Writers’ Festival on Wednesday May 22. In easy-going, jovial spirits at the Opera House, the multi-award …

The main campus at the University of Sydney will shine with the light of the galaxies, Aboriginal art and human cells for this year’s Vivid Sydney festival from May 22 to June 8. It’s the second time the university has participated in …

Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, now entering its three last weeks at The Lyric Theatre, is ideal Saturday night entertainment, but perhaps not for the whole family. Director Christopher Luscombe’s revival of the infamous cult musical is a two-hour production brimming with both energy …

I have seen recently departed blues grandmaster BB King live in concert twice in my life. The experiences were separated by almost 40 years in time and by an unmeasurable distance in spirit. The first time was at Sydney’s ‘70s concert-box-du-jour, the …

It was the perfect image for what we were hearing. An Apple laptop, all sleek silver skin and, a few feet back on the same stage, Tommie Andersson’s theorbo, that intriguing steam-punk lute-like instrument from the Baroque. Almost 300 years separate these …

Chelsea Football Club secured its fifth English league title on Sunday after a hard-fought win at home to Crystal Palace. Jose Mourinho’s men made a positive start and took the lead just before half-time when PFA’s Player of the Year, Eden Hazard, headed …

43 Reflections for Ayotzinapa:  A Showcase of Hope, a photography exhibition that vividly illustrates the civilian response to state violence in Mexico, will open in Sydney this week. The photographs, by Mexican photographers Antonio Díaz and Joel Martínez, document the ongoing demonstrations …

Chef and campaigner Jamie Oliver has launched his biggest campaign ever – a global petition to get food education back on the school curriculum. On March 29, Jamie launched the petition following his LIVE Food Revolution show as part of the Sydney Opera …

Artist Laura Moore was first attracted to photography as a way of collecting evidence and proof. The medium she both loves and intensely scrutinises was a way of certifying her own existence. A decade on and she’s decided that photography can’t replace …

  Le Noir, The Dark Side of Cirque, opened at the Sydney Lyric Theatre on Thursday March 19 and plays until Saturday April 4. A unique and electrifying theatrical experience, it features 22 of the greatest circus performers in the world, all award-winning athletes and …