• News

    The Best Gigs in Wellington For the Remainder of January

    Flying Lotus, Nas, Angus and Julia Stone and plenty of other musically talented humans will be performing in Wellington for the remainder of this month.

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    Win Tickets to Birdman Plus a Talking Collectable

    Birdman is cinematic ballet and the first must-see film of 2015.

  • News

    The Ten Best Things To See At Midsumma 2015

    Melbourne's favourite summer festival is back to paint the town every colour in the rainbow.

  • News

    Glass Animals Royally Seduced Sydneysiders Over the Weekend

    The Oxford foursome brought their 'Gooey' synths to the Hi-Fi — and hypnotised the lot of us.

  • News

    Sydney Festival's Massive, Walk-Through Paper Maze: Inside There Falls

    Pick your path through a delicate story, with random interludes from the Sydney Dance Company.

  • News

    Win Tickets to The Interview

    The most talked about movie that we almost didn't get to see.

  • News

    Win Tickets to See Conor Oberst at Melbourne Zoo Twilights

    Conor Oberst, giraffes and crisp vino. That's our kind of dream picnic.

  • News

    Win Tickets to See Conor Oberst at Twilight at Taronga

    Conor Oberst, giraffes and crisp vino. That's our kind of dream picnic.

  • News

    A Bluffer's Guide to Champagne

    More than just a fancy sparkling wine from northern France.

  • News

    Behind Sydney Festival 2015's Most Visible Art Work

    Higher Ground is a perspective-skewing, Op Art-inspired installation by Maser, Ireland's favourite street artist.

  • News

    Line-up Announced for Coachella 2015

    Featuring the bastions of straight-and-narrow rock, a legendary guitar slinger and a hip hop phenomenon.

  • News

    After Hours Circus Extravaganza to Launch at the Powerhouse Museum

    Run away to the circus, without fully committing.

  • News

    The Best of Field Day 2015

    With one of its best lineups yet, Field Day remains one of Sydney's best reasons not to completely obliterate yourself on New Year's Eve.

  • News

    Seu Jorge: The Eclectic Brazilian Who One-Upped David Bowie

    Tipped as one the must-sees of Sydney Festival 2015, this smooth-voiced Brazilian made us rethink The Thin White Duke.

  • News

    The 2014 Boxing Day Movie Smackdown

    It's a fierce field of contenders, except for one sadly flabby has-been.

  • News

    The Ten Best Movies Hardly Anyone Saw in 2014

    They were box office flops in 2014. Give them some VOD love in 2015.

  • News

    The Enduring Lure of Shakespeare Under the Stars

    Why do midsummer nights go so well with the Bard? Shakespeare in the Royal Botanic Gardens director Glenn Elston has a hint.

  • News

    Five Films to Watch During World Movies Summer of Sin

    Spend Christmas Eve watching a classic of soft-core French cinema, and Christmas Eve Eve with James Franco's porn doco.

  • News

    Why Fat Dancers Might Be the Most Important Thing You See at The Sydney Festival

    With Nothing to Lose, dance company Force Majeure is poking at our prejudices.

  • News

    The Hills Are Alive Announces 2015 Lineup

    Next year's lineup is worthy of a Julie Andrews Twirl or two.

  • News

    New Farm Cinemas Opens Second Phase, Adds Affordable 'Gold Rooms'

    New Farm Six Cinemas is finally true to its name.

  • News

    Laneway Festival Sideshows Announced

    Mind-expanding plasm, melting sonic rainbows and hulking riffs.

  • News

    Concrete Playground's Summer Reading List

    Ten books from this year that no bibliophile should miss.

  • News

    The Astor Theatre Could be Saved by Palace Cinemas

    Palace Cinemas could be the knight in shining celluloid cinephiles have hoped for.

  • News

    Five Reasons Why Violent Soho Have Australian Crowds Hooked

    Having just wrapped up a huge year at Festival of the Sun, these Brisbane lads have Aussie audiences in the palm of their hand.

  • News

    Lorde Picks up Golden Globe Nomination

    Just when you thought she gone and done it all, and then again...

  • News

    Auckland's New State-of-the-Art Theatre Gets The Go-Ahead

    Construction of the ASB Waterfront Theatre is about to get under way and it can't come soon enough for Auckland Theatre Company's Artistic Director Colin McColl.

  • News

    Noel Fielding Announces Australia and New Zealand 2015 Tour

    Spend an evening with The Mighty Boosh co-lead's most beloved and baffling characters.

  • Guide

    The Summer Arts & Entertainment Guide

    The nights are long; savour them in the best outdoor (or air conditioned) events.

  • Guide

    The Summer Arts & Entertainment Guide

    The nights are long; savour them in the best outdoor (or air conditioned) events.

  • News

    This Local Artist Wants Your Name on Her Giant Playable Sculpture

    From the maker of giant banana boat ice-cream, oversized pizza and a phallic knob inside a deep freeze.

  • Guide

    The Summer Arts & Entertainment Guide

    The nights are long; savour them in the best outdoor (or air conditioned) events.

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