Rima Sabina Aouf
Rima is the editor-in-chief of Concrete Playground.
Rima is the editor-in-chief of Concrete Playground.
The public art festival is out to top giant snails in 2014.
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Sat, 28 Jun - Sun, 3 Aug 2014
Belvoir St Theatre Upstairs, Surry Hills
One of the theatre events of the year is a cool psychodrama with a leading lady who's a man.
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Wed, 23 Jul, 2014
The Soda Factory, Surry Hills
All those other nights you ate multiple dawgs at the Soda Factory? Those were just practice.
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There's plenty of food at Bondi Feast, but it's not the main course.
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Tue, 8 Jul - Sat, 26 Jul 2014
Bondi Pavilion, Bondi Beach
A tapas of ideas, hilarity, provocation and feels from some of the best creative minds on the east coast.
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There's plenty of winter fun to be had - especially when your debut feature is about to open in cinemas.
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Get set for food, drink, vintage ping pong tables, petanque and a giant hand-painted Scrabble board.
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Fri, 27 Jun, 2014
Giant Dwarf, Surry Hills
Nick Coyle gives one of his popular shows a dust-off ahead of an Edinburgh Fringe tour.
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73 Macleay Street, Potts Point
In a minimalist, well-designed setting, you’ll enjoy Japanese cuisine in a reimagined izakaya style.
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Mere textiles can no longer contain the force that is Romance Was Born.
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Here's what our critics loved, loathed, admired and squirmed over.
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Tue, 17 Jun - Fri, 20 Jun 2014
State Theatre, Sydney
A luminous playground of dance, gymnastics and optical illusion.
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A Good Man will style you to be a total boss, Machiavellian or otherwise.
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Kimchi Mary cocktails and a trio of duck sliders.
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The Queen would want you to celebrate her birthday with flair.
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Sat, 17 May - Sat, 5 Jul 2014
Wharf 1, Wharf Theatre, Sydney
It's a frou-frou of filth, cursing and rock 'n' roll, and it's pretty damn delightful.
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Twenty-five-year-old Xavier Dolan now has TWO films in the festival.
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Because cinephilia isn't all about sitting quietly in the dark.
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Fri, 6 Jun, 2014
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, The Rocks
Spend a Friday night eavesdropping on the cosy conversation of two partners in work and life.
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