Fri, 28 May - Sun, 30 May 2010
Red Rattler, Marrickville
Electric drills and blenders are not often considered for the tender symphonies of song. Indeed OH&S police will advise ear protection in case of exposure. But for the curious among us who are lingering through Bunnings and drumming past construction sites, maybe it is time to embrace these daily noise offenders. A new ensemble will […]
Sat, 22 May, 2010
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
Cure for cancer? Stability for Africa? How about insight into the inner workings of your brain? These are the questions the invited scholars at TED are solving before their morning coffee. Some of the greatest thinkers, innovators and performers of our time have spent their 20 minutes solving problems and entertaining us lay-folk since 1984. Now it […]
Wed, 12 May - Sat, 15 May 2010
NIDA, Kensington
I for one am sick of the pristine, elegant, squeaky-clean image of the circus these days. Cirque du yawne if you ask me. Where did the real performers go? In the olden days skills had to be mutated at birth, never learnt. Ogling was encouraged and the grotesque was some ‘thing’ in a jar. Midgets and strong-men would together run […]
Fri, 14 May, 2010
Metro Theatre, Sydney
You can’t stop the Boosh! First it was Dixon Bainbridge closing down the Zooniverse, then it was the army of nannas plaguing the Nabootique, and were it not for a regrettable run in with the crack-fox, I too would have been bouncing on the Boosh castle with ‘The Doctor and the Pencil’ (Noel Fielding and Dave Brown). Yes, the Mighty Boosh […]
Fri, 29 Oct, 2010
The Boiler Room Mezzanine, Ultimo
I love a versatile breakfast — one that can overflow into brunch or snuggle you in with a night-capping brinner. But have you heard of this recent brinnervation? Vibewire Youth Inc in conjunction with the Powerhouse Museum have poached five sharp, young industry leaders from their corporate and non-profit organisations to share ideas around the […]
Sat, 17 Apr, 2010
Wharf 2, Wharf Theatre, Walsh Bay
Unless you are lucky enough to unearth a leaked draft of J.K. Rowling’s 15th instalment, seldom do we, the public, have a chance to witness the work of the creative elite under construction. (Yes, even this article copped some re-working). Rarer still is to see a leaked draft of a contemporary performance, and so, artistic voyeurs, […]
Thu, 22 Apr, 2010
Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst
Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, a musical sound was projected across the galaxies in search of intelligent life. This sound was soul-fi, mixing equal parts space laser and soulful rhythms, merging future and past with galactic synths and organic soul. The musical creators are the Gnarls Barkley-esque duo of Space Invadas. […]
Wed, 24 Mar - Sun, 4 Apr 2010
Sidetrack Theatre, Marrickville
Whenever I jump on a bus, I stroll down to the back seat, pull out my old lenseless sunnies, and become privy to a moving stage of 43 licensed-to-sit actors (doesn’t everybody?). Where else can you follow the story of Odysseus the drunk, on his way back home, admire the two seat-crossed lovers and feel […]