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    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.

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    Win Tickets to The Interview

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

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    Win Tickets to See Conor Oberst at Melbourne Zoo Twilights

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

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    Win Tickets to See Conor Oberst at Twilight at Taronga

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

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    A Bluffer's Guide to Champagne

    More than just a fancy sparkling wine from northern France.

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    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.

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    Line-up Announced for Coachella 2015

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

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    After Hours Circus Extravaganza to Launch at the Powerhouse Museum

    Run away to the circus, without fully committing.

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    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.

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    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.

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    The 2014 Boxing Day Movie Smackdown

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

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    The Ten Best Movies Hardly Anyone Saw in 2014

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

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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

    New Farm Six Cinemas is finally true to its name.

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    Laneway Festival Sideshows Announced

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

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    Concrete Playground's Summer Reading List

    Ten books from this year that no bibliophile should miss.

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    The Astor Theatre Could be Saved by Palace Cinemas

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

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    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.

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    Lorde Picks up Golden Globe Nomination

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

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

  • News

    Theatre Goes Immersive in Sydney with The Age of Entitlement

    Choose your own adventure in a 166-year-old mansion in The Rocks.

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    Anita Sarkeesian Heads Lineup for All About Women 2015

    She explained #Gamergate to Stephen Colbert. Now Sydney.

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    Win Tickets to Concrete Playground Presents: Fury at Openair Cinemas

    Join us for David Ayre's brutal and unflinching foray into WWII, with live music by JR Reyne.

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    Words with Ron Carroll, Superstar Headliner at Highlife NYE

    A few words with the DJ, singer and house producer.

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    Behind Melbourne’s Brand New $26 Million Contemporary Art Museum

    One of the biggest donations to the Australian art industry in years.

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    Shadow Electric Outdoor Cinema Announces 2015 Program

    Share a bevvy with Talking Heads, Christopher Nolan and Wes Craven in a convent.

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