Review: Ann Yee’s production of Turandot

Thursday 15 January 2026 Sydney Opera House Joan Sutherland Theatre Opera Australia Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Puccini wrote Madama Butterfly (1904) and Turandot (1924) at the height of Western fascination with the Orient. Artists and musicians were creating works that portrayed a stereotypical western view of the exotic cultures of the Orient, in […]

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Review: Duck Pond

Saturday 10 January 2026 Sydney Opera House CIRCA Photos by Daniel Boud Circa is one of the world’s leading touring circus ensembles based in Brisbane. They generally tour three shows internationally at one time and the current show Duck Pond has been travelling the globe since 2023. Lead by Yaron Lifschitz, they stay true to […]

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Review: Madama Butterfly

Thursday 8 January 2026 Sydney Opera House Joan Sutherland Theatre Opera Australia  Photography: Keith Saunders Revival and Movement Director, Matthew Barclay, brought together an incredibly talented team of creatives to reproduce Moffat Oxenbould’s 1997 award winning production of Madama Butterfly for Opera Australia’s 2026 season. The casting of Guanqun Yu as the impressionable and innocent […]

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Local Business – Get Help Global & Challenge Addiction

Get Help Global is a drug and alcohol addiction centre dedicated to complete recovery and overall well-being. We provide mobile rehabilition service thats brings professional support directly to your door. Your well-being is our goal. Our Mission At the heart of our work is a simple but powerful belief: recovery is possible for anyone, anywhere. We […]

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Review: A Chinese Christmas

16 December 2025 KXT Theatre on Broadway  FooFrame Productions with bAKEHOUSE Theatre Co Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Photography by Robert Miniter A Chinese Christmas started life in the mind of Trent Foo as a love letter to his grandma. He wrote and stars in the play that is a delightful tale of family, […]

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Review: corto.alto – Live at Oxford Art Factory

Mercury Prize winning Liam Shortall is a Scottish multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer and performer, professionally known as corto.alto. Mr. Shortall recently blessed Sydney with his first-ever Australian tour and what a treat it was. The energy at the show was palpable. The composer’s music is an eclectic blend of soul, funk, electronica and hip-hop, all filtered […]

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Starting Work Experience at Eastside Radio

Matthew’s First Day of Work Experience My name is Matthew, and I’m a Year 10 student at Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design. My interests and hobbies include writing, watching movies, as well as listening to and playing music. I’ve chosen to spend my first week of work experience at Eastside Radio due […]

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Review: Romeo & Juliet, Bell Shakespeare

20 November 2025 Playhouse Theatre, Sydney Opera House Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Photos by Brett Boardman Written over 400 years ago, Romeo and Juliet has permeated our culture in ballet, pop music, art, film and literature. And this is due to Shakespeare’s genius in portraying the human condition with timeless acuity in a […]

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Review: Euan Macleod

Glacier. S. H. Ervin Gallery.  I8 November – 14 December. Then & Now. King Street Gallery on William. 18 November – 13 December  Review by Anthony Frater. Arts Wednesday. There are two exhibitions on now at different galleries featuring the work of one this country’s most gifted painters in the Romantic style; actually he isn’t […]

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Ready for Work Experience at Eastside Radio – Will H.B.

The First Day of Work Experience for Will – An Interesting Experience Hello world! My name is Will, and I am a Year 10 student currently attending the wonderful Kirrawee High School in the Sutherland Shire. My hobbies are quite vast and relatively obscure in terms of subject and course matter, but they give me […]

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Review: Bach Akademie Australia plays all 6 Brandenburg Concertos

Saturday 15 November, 2025 Bach Akademie Australia The Neilson, ACO on the Pier Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Photos by Keith Saunders It would have to be one of the most famous, most creative and ultimately unsuccessful job applications in history. In 1719, not long after the death of his first wife, JS Bach, […]

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