Review: Message In A Bottle

October 26, 2023 Joan Sutherland Theatre Sydney Opera House  October 27, 2023 Reviewed by Sophie Kennedy White It’s a bold move to create a dance musical about the desperate plight of refugees with the music of pop star Sting but Kate Prince’s courageous stage production does it spectacularly. Moved by that shocking image of a […]

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Review: A Day On The Green James Taylor & His All Star Band:

Sunday April 28 @ Centennial Vineyards Reviewed by Amber, Rory and Sam. Tim Bradshaw Photography A beautiful Autumn afternoon and evening awaited those who’d made their way to Bowral for an emotional farewell concert for this criminally underrated troubadour. To begin, James brought along 2 trio support acts the first of which was Ella Hooper. […]

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Alan Field Is Following Gav Kleinhans’ Walking Trip From Bondi To Broken Hill On Monday Drive

Gav Kleinhans, is a 68-year-old South African expat bush-war veteran who immigrated to Australia in September 2001 and has never looked back. His career was in accounting, IT, management consulting and insurance. Following various motor cycle trips including London to Mongolia, and many adventure rides into the deep out back of NSW, Queensland, South Australia […]

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Movie Review : The Taste Of Things

To all lovers of french gastronomy : this film is for you. Produce by film-maker Tran Anh Hung, The Taste of Things is adapted from the 1924 novel The Life and Passion of Dodin-Bouffant. The fantastic cook Eugenie has worked for over twenty years alongside the renowned gastronome Dodin. Together, they dedicate their days to […]

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Sydney Con Jazz Festival 2024 Save The Date!

What is the 2024 Sydney Con Jazz Festival? The 2024 Sydney Con Jazz Festival is a single day, boutique jazz festival that presents over 120 artists appearing in 25 concerts, utilising all 6 of our beautiful acoustic concert halls between 12pm & 9:30pm on Sunday June 2, 2024. What can I expect? Cutting edge jazz, […]

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Western Sydney Philharmonic Concerts

West Phil (Western Sydney Philharmonic) aims to bring students and top professional performers together, to learn from each other and to create thrilling, dynamic and memorable performances. Don’t miss the next two concerts at the Western Sydney Philarmonic ! On Wenesday 24, April attend Woodwind & Brass Showcase at The King’s School, Futter Hall. WestPhil’s […]

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Candlelight Vigil For The Bondi Junction Tragedy

Community to come together for a candlelight vigil in wake of Bondi Junction tragedy A candlelight vigil, supported by Waverley Council and the NSW Government, will be held on Sunday 21 April to allow community to come together and honour the victims of the Bondi Junction tragedy. The vigil will begin at 5.30pm on Sunday […]

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Review: Potted Potter at the Seymour Centre

APRIL 18, 2024 Seymour Centre, Sydney Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Potted Potter is ostensibly a show for kids, but don’t be fooled, this adult, with all the others, found himself laughing and intrigued from beginning to end – my inner child enthralled by the magic of the two man parody of the JK […]

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Arts Wednesday begins 5 weeks coverage of the 2024 Sydney Comedy Festival

We begin our coverage with Jorge Menidis, the 2024 Sydney Comedy Festival Director, who gives us an overview of what we can expect this year. Over the coming weeks we meet some of the featured comedians from the star-studded line-up, including Matt Harvey, Chloe Maddren, Nick White and Bonnie Tangey. From 22 April to 19 […]

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Shout Sister Shout: Epilogue (IWD 2024)

Motherhood & Music – Not just the Lullaby Approx. 6 minutes to read Motherhood & Music – Not just the Lullaby is an interview series that unveils all the beauty, complexity, challenge, wonder and joy interwoven into the experience of musicians who are mothers. I chose this title, because often times when we think of mothers […]

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“I Want To Do Something With Media“

Good music is by my side every day: The voice of John Lennon helps me through sad days, the musical diversity of ABBA makes me smile, I listen to Coldplay with my friends and dance to Queen songs. Music is great! Life is for the living.Death is for the dead.Let life be like music.And death […]

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Shout Sister Shout: Briana Cowlishaw (IWD 2024)

Motherhood & Music – Not just the Lullaby Approx. 7 minutes to read Briana Cowlishaw is a new mum to baby Kaia. 8 months into motherhood and getting back into the swing of things at work, Briana tells me about juggling her portfolio career as a performing musician, singer/song writer, visual artist, educator and Music […]

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