Front Page Archive

  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 …

  For its 26th film festival, the Alliance Française is presenting a wide and smart range of French films from 2014 and 2015. In Sydney until March 22, the festival will also be in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Byron Bay and …

Most people didn’t notice him walk from the side of the stage to the back of the room, despite the fact he is seven feet tall, painted up in garish face paint and wearing a clown suit. Nor did most, their eyes …

To kick off its 2015 season, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra presents an all-Handel program with its centerpiece the famous “Cantata Ode for St Cecilia’s Day”, first performed in the middle of a freezing London winter in 1749. Handel was hugely popular in …

Bell Shakespeare’s production of As You Like It is a pleasant lighthearted jaunt through an Arcadian world of love, deception and hidden identities. This fanciful tale begins with court intrigue as younger son Orlando (Charlie Gaber) confronts older brother Oliver (Dorje Swallow) about his …

A 14-year-old boy was shot in the head in Venezuela during a government crackdown of student protests this week commemorating last year’s student rebellion. In February 2014, thousands of students protested against corruption, media censorship, lack of security and oppression, resulting in …

Do you remember at school constructing a diorama of your ideal building, a revolutionary new design for the future? A trip to the SG (formerly Spooning Goats) on York Street is like being shrunk down as you walk into your Tech & …

  Music, performances, colours, lights, lots of queer, rainbows, inclusive goodness and glitter will converge tomorrow night at the Australia Museum. This special edition of Jurassic Lounge on February 19 is the first event for the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras …

  Dean Bryant’s contemporary and hilarious piece of verbatim theatre Gaybies had its Sydney premiere at the Eternity Playhouse in Darlinghurst on February 10, presented by Darlinghurst Theatre as part of the 2015 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Adapted from interviews …

    Mike Bartlett’s smash hit play Cock had its Sydney premiere at the Old Fitzroy Hotel on February 6. This delightful and incisive comedy is propelled by an excellent script full of great one-liners and bitchy repartee delivered with great comic …