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The longest running regional sculpture exhibition in Australia is currently taking place in NSW’s Hunter Valley, celebrating the best in vines, wines, and sculpture. Over sixty large scale and site specific sculptures have taken over the vineyards, tree groves, and gardens of five boutique vineyards throughout the historic Wollombi Valley and Wollombi Village. Guided tours,…
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Tales of rebel armies, child soldiers, and starvation frame many of Brett Pierce‘s memories of his career working with some of the most troubled communities around the world. Beyond the Vapour Trail draws together these experiences, showcasing the good, the bad, and the ugly truths of life as an aid worker. It’s important to note…
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Building on the success of DRAG FEST 2016, fan favourites including Jinx Monsoon, Alyssa Edwards, and Mariah Paris Balenciaga, will tour Australia in June next year. DRAG FEST 2017 – The Eleganza Tour will travel from Perth to Brisbane, celebrating the talents of some of RuPaul’s Drag Race‘s most well known stars, including past winners…
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Held across multiple locations around the city, the Brisbane Street Art Festival will return in February 2017, with artist applications now open. Over fifty artists will take part in the event, which will include live music, light shows, exhibitions, masterclasses, and public forums, with live mural art at the centre of the festival. Areas from…
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Showcasing the sights, sounds, tastes, and spirit of West Africa, the African Rhythm & Roots Festival will take place on November 5th at the Addison Road Community Centre. Kicking off at noon, the festival will feature performances from some of Australia’s most prominent West African musicians and dancers as well as a vibrant artisan market, and…
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Opening this November at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Wonders of the World will bring an all new collection of epic LEGO creations to Australia, featuring some of the world’s most iconic landmarks in brick form. The event will be curated by Ryan ‘The Brickman’ McNaught, the only certified LEGO professional in the Southern…
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New York City, 1880. Intrigued by an advertisement looking for a girl to work in a tea shop, Beatrice Dunn arrives in the big city, ready to begin a new chapter in her life. But Miss Adelaide Thom and Miss Eleanor St. Clair, and their place of business, are not all they appear to be….
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Three weeks worth of saucy showstoppers are all set to take over Arts Centre Melbourne next January. Celebrating all things notorious, salacious, and most outrageous, the festival’s lineup for the 2017 event includes: Ursula Martinez, original cast member of cabaret smash La Soiree, and her show Free Admission. Cabaret melting pot Finucane & Smith’s Glory…
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Organised by the team behind the Emerging Writers Festival, the Digital Writers Festival is the only one of its kind in the world, held entirely online and streamed live through YouTube. Now in its third year, the DWF will take place from November 1st to November 11th. Aimed at exploring the possibilities for writing in…
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Spread across theatre, music, and children’s entertainment, the Belrose based Glen Street Theatre will host talent from across Australia as part of their 2017 season. Theatre program highlights include Alan Ayckbourn’s Swinging Sixties comedy Relatively Speaking, the critically acclaimed 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche, and Stones in his Pockets, the tale of a quiet Irish…
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World premieres, Australian firsts, and theatre classics make up UNSPOKEN, the 2017 season for Woolloomooloo’s Red Line Productions. Expect no consistent answers, just 60 seats and no chicken shits. UNSPOKEN marks the company’s third year at the Old Fitz Theatre, with the intimate 63 seat theatre celebrating its own milestone this year, turning twenty. Speaking…
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Black Swan State Theatre Company have announced their 2017 season, boasting two world premieres, and five plays by Australian playwrights. The 2017 season will see the company farewell Artistic Director of nine years Kate Cherry, who helmed programming for the upcoming productions. Clare Watson will take over the role, beginning her time with the company…
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Earlier this week, Brisbane Arts Theatre announced their 2017 run, boasting sixteen shows across their mainstage and children’s seasons. After a sell out run in 2016, Jurassic Park: The Musical will return, alongside other musical productions Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and…
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Based on the 1992 smash hit movie of the same name, The Bodyguard will kick off its Australian tour in Sydney next April. Former secret service agent Frank Farmer (played on screen by 90s heartthrob Kevin Costner) is assigned bodyguard duty, protecting superstar Rachel Marron (Whitney Houston) from a stalker. After some initial head butting,…
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A major partnership between the Art Gallery of NSW, Carriageworks, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, The National: New Australia Art is a six year initiative, dedicated to presenting the latest and greatest contemporary Australian art. Exhibitions will take place in 2017, 2019, and 2021. Ahead of the full artist reveal on December 1st,…
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Taking place over two days this November, The Black Arts Market will celebrate and showcase the creative skills of nearly 100 Aboriginal artists from South East Australia. Organised by Carriageworks and the City of Sydney, this cultural marketplace will be curated by Hetti Perkins and Jonathan Jones. Jones was recently announced as the first Indigenous…
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Featuring works filmed inside the Icelandic caves of Europe’s largest glacier, Isaac Julien: Refuge marks Julien’s fifth solo exhibition at Sydney’s Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, and will open on October 21st. Known for his multi-screen installations, Julien is one of Britain’s most influential artists working today, with his cinematic and photographic works combining a rich visual…
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The Walsh Bay Arts Table Dinner is one of Sydney’s premier fundraising events, inviting guests to participate in a unique alfresco dining experience, held in the shadow of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This year’s theme is If Music Be The Food of Love. Hosted this year by acapella ensemble The Song Company, five stand-out chefs from…
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Responding to Women in Theatre & Screen findings from last year, Darlinghurst Theatre Company and Belvoir are the only mainstage Sydney theatre companies to have at least 50% of their 2017 season helmed by female writers and directors. DTC also has the distinction of a female majority, with four out of their six productions written…
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A first time collaboration between the National Theatre of Parramatta and Performance 4A, Who Speaks For Me? is co-directed by storyteller and photographer William Yang and writer/producer Annette Shun Wah. Exploring the vagaries of language, Who Speaks For Me? brings together personal narratives from the vibrant and culturally diverse areas of Western Sydney. These stories…
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Created and performed by Australian actor/musician John Waters and singer/pianist Stewart D’Arrietta, Lennon – Through A Glass Onion features 31 iconic John Lennon hits, including Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Revolution, and, of course, Imagine. Billed as part concert and part biography, Waters and D’Arrietta’s exploration of music icon John Lennon has been entertaining…
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Michael Condron, who played Bowen Marsh in HBO’s Game of Thrones, will join the cast of parody show Graeme of Thrones for its Brisbane Powerhouse run later this year. Graeme of Thrones producer Alex Jarrett says: “Condron might have been one of Jon Snow’s killers in Season 5, and was then killed by Jon Snow…
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A new streaming service from The Australian Ballet will allow audiences to watch performances as many times as they like over a 30 day period. Ballet TV offers a collection of free to watch clips and videos, including rehearsal footage, interviews, behind the scenes insights, trailers, and artistic showcases. Now, for an $8 fee, viewers…
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Sydney based Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones‘ piece barrangal dyara (skin and bones) is the most ambitious Kaldor Public Art Project to date, with 15,000 white shields and eight soundscapes taking over the original footprint of the Garden Palace building, which burnt down in 1882. Jones is the first Indigenous artist to head a Kaldor Public…
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Australia Day is a fairly contentious date in the calendar. The idea that Australia began with the arrival of the First Fleet on January 26th 1788 has long been offensive to descendants of the Indigenous Australians who already occupied the land. It also dismisses interactions between Europeans and Indigenous people that predated the landing, and…
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Presented by the Northern Territory Government and AGB Events, Parrtjima – A Festival in Light is the first authentic Indigenous light festival of its kind in the world. The huge scale event will illuminate Alice Springs for ten nights this September and October, with a free program of events open to the public, showcasing contemporary…
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One of Australia’s most acclaimed actors, John Bell, will be joining the Tinalley String Quartet, for the second concert from the quartet’s 2016 program. The Tinalley String Quartet consists of violinists Adam Chalabi and Lerida Delbridge, violist Justin Williams, and cellist Michelle Wood, and has established itself as one of the finest string quarters of its…
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With fifteen shows spread across four venues, Sydney Theatre Company’s 2017 season aims to “challenge, stir, and entertain” audiences, with a diverse and exciting lineup, including a musical version of Aussie classic Muriel’s Wedding. Speaking of the program, STC’s Interim Artistic Director Kip Williams said: “We are excited to present a diverse season in 2017,…
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Forming part of Brisbane Festival’s Festival Focus: Snow White, and taking over the Roundhouse Theatre at Kelvin Grove’s Theatre Republic, this rendition of the Brothers Grimm classic fairytale was never going to be your standard Disney fare. Leave the kids at home, people! Featuring Snow White (Stephanie Pickett), the Queen (incredible mezzo Silvia Colloca), the Mirror (Kanen…
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Fleeing a failed romance in 1950s Sydney, Eleanor believes a return to River Run will help her recollect her thoughts and get her life back on track. But when she arrives, her mother and stepfather have their hands full with an ambitious new overseer, the visiting Winslows, and her rebellious little brother Robbie, who believes…
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