• Event

    A Dalai Lama Portrait

    Wednesday, June 1 - Sunday, July 31, 2011

    Customs House, Sydney

    The Dalai Lama has always been known as much more than simply the head-of-state of the Tibetan government.

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    Once Under A Sky

    Sunday, May 22 - Saturday, June 4, 2011

    Old Fitzroy Theatre, Woolloomooloo

    Once Under A Sky is the story of two fisherwomen from a small seaside town, but its dark and poetic depths make such a shallow description totally inadequate.

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    Darwin Deez

    Tuesday, May 10, 2011

    The Metro, Sydney

    The more you try and work out why Deez's onstage calisthenics are so cartoonishly appealing, the more confused you will become. Catch them at the Metro.

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    Washington

    Thursday, May 5, 2011

    Metro Theatre, Sydney

    There is no doubting that Washington, whose album I Believe You, Liar went platinum in February, has her own perspective on the moral order of things.

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    Ruby Moon

    Tuesday, May 3 - Friday, May 13, 2011

    Wharf 2, Wharf Theatre, Walsh Bay

    Ruby Moon is a subversive re-jig of Little Red Riding Hood that "begins like a fairytale" but ends somewhere else entirely.

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    Datarock

    Thursday, May 5, 2011

    Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst

    Datarock are bringing their shimmery sonic soundscapes to the Oxford Art Factory, so get a pair of wraparound Porsche sunglasses and bag your tickets quick.

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    Smoke & Mirrors (the return)

    Wednesday, May 4 - Saturday, May 14, 2011

    A sexy jounce through Edwardian music halls; a theatrical knees-up to centuries past.

  • Event

    Go Font Urself Book Launch

    Thursday, April 28, 2011

    Roller Studio, Surry Hills

    Fonts are more cheeky and charming than we give them credit for and deserve a tribute outside the Microsoft Corporation.

  • Event

    Samantha Everton: Marionettes

    Wednesday, April 20 - Tuesday, May 17, 2011

    Dickerson Gallery, Woollahra

    In Marionettes, photo-artist Samantha Everton draws attention to the difference between picture-perfect worlds and lived experience.

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    Daniel Askill: Modern Worship

    Wednesday, April 20 - Sunday, April 24, 2011

    Gallery A.S. at The Christian Science Church, Darlinghurst

    In his confronting new exhibition, Daniel Askill juxtaposes the death of the 'King of Pop', Michael Jackson, with the atrocities of 9/11. His premise is that we have created a world of false idolatry where images, scenes and people zoom in and out of focus depending on popular perception, rather than inherent importance. Modern Worship deals with how social fragmentation undermines any sense of cultural community. Through his art, Askill exposes how human tragedies become hyper-reality, and how cultural exploitation is so much a factor in the destruction of public ideals.

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    Hamlet

    Thursday, March 17 - Friday, April 8, 2011

    Sydney Theatre Company, Walsh Bay

    The question is no longer whether “to be or not to be,” it is how “to be” when we must live with the consequences.

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    Sparkadia

    Friday, April 1 - Wednesday, March 2, 2011

    The Metro Theatre, Sydney

    Set out for a sublime sundown flight this weekend and see Sparkadia light up the Metro, supported by extremely special guests Operator Please and fellow Ivy League luminaries, Melbourne's Alpine.

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    The Brothers Size

    Wednesday, March 23 - Saturday, April 16, 2011

    Stables Theatre, Kings Cross

    It is testament to the dynamic interaction between ritual and realism, as well as the raw emotional power and resonance of the script, that this play is neither predictable nor prosaic. African drumming propels the action on the wide, bare stage and the actors integrate their own stage directions into the dialogue to provide an oddly metronomic effect. The performance is a kind of inquest into the darker side of human experience, made accessible though the incantatory script. The intensity of the characters' struggles to make sense of their feelings for each other is offset by the exuberant theatricality of their spontaneous song and dance routines. The Brothers Size is a powerful feat of physicality and emotionality that was a highlight of New York's 2007 Under the Radar Festival. It explores the limits of family, but also the potential of the individual spirit and the startling idea that, no matter what, we are all responsible for each others' lives.

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    Concrete Heartbeat

    Tuesday, March 15 - Saturday, April 2, 2011

    Old Fitzroy Theatre, Woolloomooloo

    Blackly cynical but ultimately redemptive stories reverberate through the intimate space of the Old Fitzroy in a deft exploration of urban dwelling with all its challenges, pleasures and angst.

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    Jodee Knowles

    Thursday, March 17 - Sunday, April 3, 2011

    Friends of Leon Gallery, Surry Hills

    After a bold cameo in the L.A art world this Perth-born artist showcases her large-eyed, pensive characters in a new exhibition at Friends of Leon.

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    Andrew O’Hagan & Annie Proulx

    Thursday, March 10, 2011

    City Recital Hall, Sydney

    Sneak in a Sydney Writers’ Festival fix before the official launch of the 2011 program on April 1 with an exceptional double bill: Andrew O’Hagan and Annie Proulx. Booker Prize nominated O’Hagan’s new novel is the ‘memoir’ of the Maltese terrier owned by Marilyn Monroe — intrigued yet? — and Pulitzer Prize winner Proulx has […]

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    Phatchance + Coptic Soldier

    Friday, February 25, 2011

    Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst

    Solo Sydney emcees Phatchance and Coptic Soldier have supported heavyweight acts like Method Man & Redman, DJ Premier and The Beat Nuts, and are playing their final free show at Oxford Art Factory this week. Chance Waters aka Phatchance released Inkstains in 2009, was a featured artist on Triple J Unearthed, and drops insights that […]

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    Lucas Grogan: Black + Blue

    Tuesday, February 15 - Sunday, March 6, 2011

    Iain Dawson Gallery, Paddington

    Grogan believes that through incorporating elements derived from Indigenous cultural heritage, artists engage with the traditional custodians of this land and, in doing so, enhance cross-cultural understanding.

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    Project Futures

    Thursday, February 24, 2011

    The Vault, Sydney

    Inspired by Somaly Mam, a former Cambodian victim of sexual slavery, this event aims to raise awareness for and help combat global sex trafficking.

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    Just The Ticket

    Thursday, February 3 - Saturday, March 26, 2011

    Ensemble Theatre, Kirribilli

    Peter Quilter's plays have been translated into 20 languages and performed in 33 countries across the globe, and this one is set to be a highlight of Ensemble's successful summer season.

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