Concrete Playground Does Sydney Festival 2015
Everything we're watching, eating, dancing to, swinging on and Instagramming this festival.
Lazing on the beach all January might flood your vitamin D levels and calm your heart rate, but it does nothing for your mental faculties. For that, we have the Sydney Festival, our summer side dish of culture, new music worth listening to, mind-bending public art and general brain food. Spiegeltents, labyrinths, The Life Aquatic cameos and unlikely Japanese team-ups — it’s the kind of substance that makes the whole season stick in the mind for years afterwards. Dive in here.
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Sydney Festival 2015
Thu, 8 Jan - Mon, 26 Jan 2015
Various Sydney venues, Sydney
Two Spiegeltents, two labyrinths and double the music program.
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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.
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The Ten Best Things to See at the Sydney Festival 2015
Make it a summer to remember, with two Spiegeltents, two labyrinths and twice the music program.
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Dan Deacon
Thu, 22 Jan, 2015
The Aurora, Sydney
If you’re heading to Dan Deacon’s Sydney Festival show, don’t forget your smartphone, whatever you do.
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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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Waterfall Swing
Thu, 8 Jan - Sat, 24 Jan 2015
Darling Harbour, Sydney
This is one souped-up piece of play equipment.
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The Ten Best Sydney Festival 2015 Gigs to Buy Tickets to Now
From Brazilian beats to French countryside jams, SydFest has a set for you.
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Why William Onyeabor Won’t Perform On Stage
After eight albums in just as many years, the Afro-funk legend suddenly stopped talking. Why?
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How to Dress Well Makes You Rethink the Question 'How Was Your Day?'
"When you were walking down the aisle of the grocery store, did you think of your mother ageing and feel an intense pang of guilt?"
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The Sydney Festival 2015 Eats Guide
Grab a bite before the show - within walking distance of your venue.
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Gelato Messina and Porteno Announce Sydney Festival Menu
Burgers and chicken drumsticks made from gelato? Next level, Messina.
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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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Cornelius Presents Salyu x Salyu
Fri, 23 Jan, 2015
The Aurora, Sydney
Noise pop guru meets enigmatic J-pop vocalist at Sydney Festival.
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Sydney Festival Is Doing Johnny Cash’s ‘At Folsom Prison’ In a Prison
The creepy, historic Parramatta Gaol gets a one-night-only cultural outing.
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Atomic Bomb! The Music of William Onyeabor
Fri, 16 Jan - Sat, 17 Jan 2015
Enmore Theatre, Newtown
It takes 18 artists to recreate the elusive William Onyeabor - but they do it well.
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So Frenchy So Chic in the Park
Fri, 17 Jan, 2014
Don your best floral-headband-and-sundress-combo and gear up for un merveilleux après-midi.
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Kiss and Cry
Thu, 22 Jan - Sun, 25 Jan 2015
Carriageworks Bay 17, Eveleigh
Two hands tell the story of a whole lifetime of love.
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Higher Ground
Thu, 8 Jan - Sun, 25 Jan 2015
Hyde Park North, Sydney
Street artist Maser is set to dominate your Instagram feed this SydFest.
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Nothing to Lose
Wed, 21 Jan - Sun, 25 Jan 2015
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
What might be the most important, topical and celebratory work of SydFest 2015.
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Zhang Huan: Sydney Buddha
Thu, 8 Jan - Sun, 22 Mar 2015
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
We've waited for that head to fall all summer. Now it looks like this is our lucky day, as a special performance closes the show.
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Messina to Return to Sydney Festival Village in Hyde Park
What in the world will top the Messinawiener?
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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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Anna Von Hausswolff
Sun, 11 Jan, 2015
Sydney Town Hall, Sydney
The maestro will take on Sydney Town Hall's grand organ for Sydney Festival.
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Ben Frost and Tim Hecker
Sun, 11 Jan, 2015
Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney
This Sydney Festival team-up may well produce earthquakes.
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Karol Conka
Fri, 9 Jan, 2015
The Aurora, Sydney
One of Brazil's few female rappers to have risen out the underground, bringing the good vibes to SydFest.
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Beat the Drum: Celebrating 40 Years of Triple J
Fri, 16 Jan, 2015
The Domain, Sydney
If you're a never-fail triple j listener, you won't want to hear about this one on Saturday morning radio.
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The Long Pigs
Thu, 15 Jan - Sun, 18 Jan 2015
These clowns take the horror stakes to new heights.
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I Guess If the Stage Exploded...
Thu, 15 Jan - Sun, 18 Jan 2015
A performance you're guaranteed never to forget.
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Wot? No Fish!!
Tue, 13 Jan - Sun, 18 Jan 2015
A great-uncle's doodlings come to life through on-stage storytelling.
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Falling Through Clouds
Fri, 16 Jan - Sun, 18 Jan 2015
From the makers of Alvin Sputnik comes a weird and wacky adventure into the world of dreams.
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A Simple Space
Tue, 13 Jan - Sun, 25 Jan 2015
The Aurora, Sydney
Minimal circus; maximal daring.
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Omar Souleyman
Fri, 16 Jan, 2015
The Aurora, Sydney
The king of Syrian techno beats is here to make you dance.
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The Artist: Live in Concert
Fri, 23 Jan - Sat, 24 Jan 2015
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
An extraordinary trip to the picture palace, accompanied by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
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Bankstown:Live
Thu, 22 Jan - Sun, 25 Jan 2015
Northam Avenue, Bankstown
Get to know the real Bankstown through watching art, performance, film and music in its backyards.
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On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco
Thu, 22 Jan - Sun, 25 Jan 2015
Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
A fresh take on Chekhov's rarely seen one-act comedy.
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Parramatta Opening Party - Sydney Festival
Fri, 9 Jan, 2015
Parramatta Streets and Parks, Parramatta
It's summer in the satellite city. Kick off Sydney Festival with a good old fashioned street party.
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