Review: Bondi Latin Fiesta 2025

By: Silvana Geraldino The Bondi Festival was held on Sunday, the 9th of February, at the Bondi Pavilion on Bondi Beach. Showcasing a good variety of music performances, workshops and food. From dance workshops and musical groups representing music from different regions to painting and arts and crafts, the festival was a vibrant celebration of […]

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Hamilton at the Lyric Theatre Sydney – A Story That Demands to Be Heard

Hamilton – Sydney Lyric Theatre Reviewed by Anna-Celine Rautenberg As someone who has performed in musicals and calls Hamilton on of their all-time favorites, seeing the show in Sydney felt surreal. My previous experience with the German adaptation had been underwhelming – the translation disrupted the rhythm, and the magic of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s original creation […]

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Review: Hamlet Camp @ Carriageworks

Wednesday 15 January 2025 Carriageworks Modern Convict Films Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) That would have to have been the most unusual melange to begin a theatrical work I have ever seen. Brendan Cowell, Ewen Leslie and Toby Schmitz are the writers and performers in a bizarre comedy called Hamlet Camp, performed in the […]

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Review: Ghost Quartet @ Hayes Theatre

Friday 10 January 2025 Hayes Theatre Antipodes Theatre Company Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Ghost Quartet is a musical that tells the tale of four friends conjuring spirits (both supernatural and alcoholic) as they narrate four diverse stories spanning seven centuries. Expect a high level of musicianship from an incredibly talented cast. Sometimes melancholic, […]

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Review: Cirque Du Soleil – LUZIA

Wednesday 27 November 2024 Review by Samantha Rumery This week I had the incredible opportunity to attend Cirque du Soleil’s LUZIA in under the Big Top at the Entertainment Quarter in Sydney and I’m still in awe of the experience. After nearly 40 years of incredible inspiring performances, Cirque du Soleil continues to amaze, and LUZIA is no exception. Directed by Daniele […]

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Review: Kane Brown ‘In The Air Tour’ Sydney

Tuesday 19 November 2024 Review by: Erika Godjali Qudos Bank Arena was buzzing with excitement on Tuesday night, November 19, as it hosted Kane Brown’s In the Air Tour 2024 in Sydney. The crowd, a mix of denim vests and cowboy boots, set the scene—reminiscent of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, though without the sparkly skirts. […]

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Review: ACO – Scotland Unbound

Wednesday 13 November 2024 City Recital Hall Australian Chamber Orchestra Sean Shibe (guitars) The reason we go to see the Australian Chamber Orchestra is for musical excellence, innovative programming and mind-stretching new music. For some, Scotland Unbound with Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe might have exposed their limits of tolerance, but for many it was a […]

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Review: The End of the Wharf As We Know It

Tuesday 12 November 2024 Seymour Centre Soft Tread Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) It is with mixed emotions that we say farewell to a 25 year old theatre institution, the Wharf Revue.  Writers Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott have decided to call it a day to “spend more time with family” and […]

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Review: Female of the Species at the Old Fitz

Sunday 10 November 2024 Old Fitz Theatre Rogue Projects Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) From time to time a play comes along that challenges your beliefs, but then flips it all around so you find yourself thinking that is exactly what I believe. Then it does it again, and again, and again until you […]

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Review: Magritte

26 OCTOBER 2024 – 9 FEBRUARY 2025 AGNSW Naala Nura (South Building) Lower level 2 Review by: Anthony Frater (Arts Wednesday) Every now and again a blockbuster exhibition comes along and lives up to the hype. Magritte, on now at the AGNSW is an extraordinary exhibition. A comprehensive retrospective showcasing many of the artists most […]

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Review: The Kingdom of Eucalypts

Thursday 31 October 2024 Bondi Pavilion Moira Blumenthal Productions  Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) The Kingdom of Eucalypts is a powerful play that explores many controversial themes while telling the story of one of Australia’s best known writers, Miles Franklin. Playwright Alice Spigelman asks us to grapple with race, feminism, political ideology, the role […]

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Review: Ingrid Fliter Performs Chopin

Wednesday 30 October, 2024 Sydney Symphony Orchestra Sydney Opera House Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Argentinian pianist, Ingrid Fliter gave a consummate demonstration of how to make the piano sing the way Frederic Chopin would have in her graceful performance of his 1st Piano Concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Brazilian conductor Eduardo Strausser […]

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