The Verge Festival has everything. Experimental Cinema, claims of the Best Comedy Ever, great sunset film screenings and croquet. With origins as a festival of experimental art, the Verge has grown into a University-wide arts festival with events ranging from pure weird to straight up drama — but all of them with something that takes their efforts away from the everyday.
Opening night is packed with music and art by its hosts, the charity-supporting Major Raiser, who'll be dedicating the night's efforts to youth mental health — a subject close to their heart. Closing night promises a laser maze on the dance floor, while the middle of the fest sports Pride Week Party and night markets. During the rest of the festival, the Uni's flashy promenade, Eastern Avenue, will be taken over by giant shipping containers as part of Uncontainable, as artists decorate the containers' outsides, and fill the insides with pre-made exhibtions. Some occasional Impro playmaking is promised, while Underbelly artists Fetish Frequency offer a DIY audio story to drag you around the Sydney University campus.
There will be nights of nice words at Outspoken, and the Story Club's return from the Comedy Festival, starring Playschool veteran Benita Collings. SUDS is getting into the festival spirit by staging the bloody Titus Andronicus, as well in-situ drama like Animals at the University's tiny Roundhouse and and some Strindberg in the tennis courts.
NEARBY PLACES
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Food & Drink
Bombay Street Kitchen
University Hall, corner Glebe Point Road and Parramatta Road, Glebe
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SIMILAR EVENTS
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Arts & Entertainment
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Thursday, February 25 - Wednesday, August 25
Princess Theatre
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Narcissus Garden
Saturday, February 20 - Sunday, May 23
Various Sydney venues
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Sydney Family Show
Thursday, April 1 - Sunday, April 18
Entertainment Quarter
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Hamilton the Musical
Wednesday, March 17 - Sunday, September 5
Sydney Lyric Theatre, The Star
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Nights at the Museum
Thursday, January 7 - Thursday, January 7
Australian Museum
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Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London
Friday, March 5 - Monday, June 14
National Gallery of Australia
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The Directors' Cuts
Friday, February 26 - Wednesday, March 17
Dendy Newtown
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Steam Dreams: The Japanese Public Bath
Friday, February 12 - Saturday, May 22
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
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Cat Cinema
Friday, February 19 - Thursday, April 29
Catmosphere Cat Cafe
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Mov'In Boat Floating Cinema
Thursday, December 3 - Wednesday, March 31
Cockle Bay Wharf
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Welcome to Marrakesh at The Grounds
Friday, February 5 - Sunday, April 18
The Grounds of Alexandria
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