The Funniest & Happiest Play Shakespeare Ever Wrote! Directed by Susan Stapleto, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the best known of the bard’s plays. Written after Romeo and Juliet and before The Merchant of Venice, around 1595, it is ostensibly about the events surrounding the marriage of a Theseus, Duke of Athens to […]
Monday, 30th April at Metro Theatre: Review by Rike Franke Lights on. The stage is littered with many instruments and the crowd cheers and screams: “Jacob, Jacob, Jacob!” His fans are out in force and when he finally comes up to the stage the Metro Theatre erupts with loud applause. He is the reason for […]
Take Time Out and Develop Your Creative Side! Pine Street Creative Arts Centre is the City of Sydney’s community arts facility and gallery. Pine Street Creative Arts Centre is the City of Sydney’s community arts facility and gallery. There, get hands-on to explore jewellery design, ceramics printmaking, drawing and painting, even if you have no experience, […]
This weekly community billboard is proudly sponsored by the City of Sydney’s Plan for the future – Sydney 2030 – making our city more green, global and connected. […]
International stars and jazz heavyweights descend upon Sydney as the University of Sydney’s Conservatorium of Music together with the Open Academy hosts its second ever International Jazz Festival on Sunday 3 June. Artistic Director and Head of the Sydney Conservatorium Jazz Studies Program, David Theak was thrilled with the response to the inaugural event which […]
Eastside Radio’s album of the week is FEAR OF FLYING by THE BALDWINS. THE BALDWINS are a progressive soul band, based in Sydney. The group unleashed their brand of sensuous, soul groove earlier this year, with their banging lead single, Goldbrick. Now the soul collective is back with an impressive 6-track under their belts. Album: Fear of […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: 3 May – 9 May 2018
ARTS THURSDAY with Maisy Stapleton on 3 May. WHAT’S ON TODAY’S PROGRAM: The theme of The Australian Heritage Festival 2018 is My Culture, My Story, which forms a guide for the program this fortnight. Join me to speak to the new CEO of the National Trust of Australia (NSW), Debbie Mills […]
PEGGY ALBUM LAUNCH FEAT. JON ROSE & CHRIS ABRAHAMS On a Monday evening in late November 2017, two of Australia’s most prolific musicians performed together in the living room of the late Peggy Glanville-Hicks. It was the first-time violinist Jon Rose and pianist Chris Abrahams had collaborated in a duo setting. What they created that […]
This week at 10:40 am, we start a new series with music historian, Andy Bromberger and this season is entitled Atonalism, Alienation and Appeasement, demystifying 20th century music. In Episode 1 this week, Andy sets the scene. At 11:00 am, my special guest is Candy Royalle, poet, musician, performer, essayist, activist – in other words, […]
EastsideFM is launching a brand new sports interview program Tuesday 8 May at 3pm. Three time Olympian and former world rowing champion, Gearoid Towey, talks to elite athletes and people from the sporting world about what life after sport means for them. They also share the music that has inspired them throughout their careers and […]
Read More… from Crossing The Line – Eastside’s new sports program launches soon
The hilarious and touching SBS series Homecoming Queens has struck a cord with Aussie audiences. Based on the real-life experiences of writers Chloe Reeson and Michele Law, the series dives into the lives of two twenty-something women dealing with life-changing diseases. Refreshingly honest and unflinching, Homecoming Queens faces the realities of death, sickness, and friendship […]
The Sydney Writers 2018 festival has just begun! Set to take place in new locations instead of the Walsh Bay Art Precinct. Events are planned at Sydney Town Hall, City Recital Hall and Roslyn Packer Theatre with a huge variety of Writers and Journalist from Emma Alberrici, Peter Doyle, Julia Zemiro, Wesley Morris and many more. […]