Sat, 23 Apr - Sun, 29 May 2011
Belvoir Theatre Upstairs, Surry Hills
The Belvoir Street is staging a new version of Gorky's Vassa Zheleznova, famous for the strength of its female lead.
Sun, 1 May - Mon, 2 May 2011
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
With collaborators like Chakha Khan, Jeff Beck and the Cheiftains, it's hard to overestimate Herbie Hancock's stature in the world of Jazz.
Sat, 16 Apr, 2011
Enmore Theatre, Newtown
With Buddy Holly hair and no shame for the force of his opinion, Greg Proops is smooth, clever, snide and funny.
Fri, 15 Apr, 2011
Red Rattler, Marrickville
smart ARTS is almost over for 2011, but they're not going out without a bang.
Wed, 13 Apr - Sat, 14 May 2011
Performance Space, Eveleigh
Do you have an uncomfortable feeling about tomorrow? The Performance Space's Uneasy Futures season shares your dread.
Sat, 16 Apr - Sun, 26 Jun 2011
Faces. Faces and fields. They don't always spring straight to mind when you're talking about great art. But they're stomped all over the history of art, obsessed as it was with the human body and the unreal rustic idyll. These are also the ingredients of the Archibald, and Wynne prizes, about to go on show with the Sulman at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The Archibald entrants compete in portrait, the Wynne in landscapes, and the Sulman in paint both big and small. This years program also includes lectures and film, so there's lots of fodder for you to indulge in an epic day of art.
Fri, 8 Apr - Sat, 28 May 2011
Japan Foundation Gallery, Sydney
Giant robots, antlers and cats await you at the Japan Foundation's Kingdom of Characters exhibition.
Sun, 17 Apr, 2011
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Terry Pratchett's cover-flap bios tend to stress that he's "still not dead", and he's coming to Sydney to prove it to you.
Fri, 25 Mar - Fri, 20 May 2011
You may think you've had enough politics after the last election, but for the artists behind the political cartoons in Behind the Lines the work is just getting started.
Fri, 1 Apr, 2011
Notes, Newtown
Alternately Croatian, Melbournian or homicidal, there are many facets to singer Mikelangelo. He's bringing them all to Notes with his new band The Tin Star.
Tue, 29 Mar - Sat, 16 Apr 2011
Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay
The naked bloke on the back of Sydney buses is for the Sydney Dance Company's Shared Frequencies, with guest talent dripping motion from around the world.
Thu, 24 Mar - Tue, 5 Apr 2011
Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
Four new shows at Gaffa feature snowy satellite imagery, unreliably narrated photos, cardboard geometry and Facebook escaping into the real world.
Thu, 31 Mar - Fri, 1 Apr 2011
State Theatre, Sydney
If all you know about the blues came from the Simpsons, Cyndi Lauper wants to educate you.
Tue, 1 Mar - Thu, 31 Mar 2011
The Argyle, Sydney
Carnivals were originally a farewell to the pleasures of the flesh before Roman Catholic lent. These days the focus tends to be more on the party.
Thu, 10 Feb - Sat, 26 Mar 2011
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Darlington
Brendan Van Hek's new neon-sculpture show at Anna Schwarz Gallery takes its cues from a hard-boiled Arthur Miller play, with sculptures of skewiff colour and shape.
Sat, 26 Mar, 2011
Sydney City Streets and Parks, Sydney
If you'd rather sit at home with the lights off than watch the NSW election coverage, you're in luck. This year's Earth Hour starts 8.30pm the night of the election, providing you with some alternative civic participation if you weren't looking forward to a night of margins and reported booths. The night started here in Sydney in 2007 and has become an international event in the years since. Earth Hour is a symbolic action. Although there is carbon saved by turning things off, the point is the unmissable demonstration that a huge chunk of the world's population can do the same thing at the same time. If they can do it for Earth Hour, why not for grander environmental things?
Sun, 20 Mar, 2011
Prince Alfred Park, Redfern
The Optus One80 Project has been taking 180-second short entries in a competition of 'pitches' to win a fully-produced pilot to screen on MTV, and this Sunday they'll be showcasing the finalists.
Wed, 30 Mar, 2011
Beach Road Hotel, Bondi
Genre doesn’t sit comfortably for Die! Die! Die! One moment their pop and punk roots are showing, the next they’re pure experimental thrash, the next they sound like an all-girl nineties band doing the Arctic Monkeys. Which is to say that they have range. They made their second album in a broken barn, and since their […]
Sat, 12 Mar - Sat, 2 Apr 2011
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
Whether you're up to speed or yet to be sold on the genre, the Platform Hip Hop Festival is returning to CarriageWorks' concrete halls for its fourth year to educate your senses.