This week Shai and Geoff get into Sydney’s hippest happenings, from art exhibitionibitions showcasing Chinese queer culture to senior social groups with free coffee and snooker. Adding to the Breaking Waves hall of fame this show features a cameo from 50 Cent who’s in town working on a new movie. […]
On this episode, Shai and Geoff interview acclaimed musician, actor, and director Amanda Gillespie. Together they discuss what it takes to make it in show business, how to find your hidden talent, and Amanda’s favourite sport. […]
Thursday 4 September 2025 Sydney Opera House The Australian World Orchestra Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) More words have been written about Gustav Mahler’s 4th and 5th Symphonies than the number of notes in both works combined. Given that they are scored for around 100 musicians and they both last around an hour, that […]
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Tuesday 2 September 2025 Eternity Theatre, Darlinghurst Lewis Major Projects Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Through a series of curious circumstances, Lewis Major went from a future as a sheep shearer in South Australia to becoming a celebrated choreographer. He left the farm to learn dance, but an onstage accident left him unable to […]
Lose yourself in Australian singer songwriter Gregg Arthur’s warm baritone when he returns to the Lounge for an intimate concert of his own award-winning compositions alongside favourite jazz standards from the musicians who influenced his life in song. Endorsed by the biggest names in jazz and praised by his contemporaries and the press, Gregg follows […]
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This week, Shai and Geoff fill you in on some of the coolest events happening across Sydney—from Lego exhibitions to pedestrians standing up to dangerous drivers. You’ll be laughing along as the boys share their pet peeves of the week, including pizza surcharges and bad weather. Mondays at 6 pm on Eastside Radio. […]
King Street Gallery on William Exhibition and sale 26 August – 20 September 2025 Review by Anthony Frater (Arts Wednesday) It always a long awaited treat when a new collection of paintings from Idris Murphy come to market. Idris Murphy was born in Sydney in 1949 and graduated from Sydney’s National Art School in 1971. […]
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Friday 29 August 2025 Seymour Centre Omusubi Productions Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Jizo (地蔵/womb of the earth): stone statues that have a spiritual power for protection and longevity. 80 years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, The Face of Jizo could not be more relevant or timely. It probes the importance of telling and […]
Short courses for adults: jazz and soul ensembles, impro basics, jazz guitar, music theory, singing, and more! Classes held at: Conservatorium of Music with some online classes, starting 13th October. This spring, nurture your creativity with a short music course at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s Open Academy. Pick up a new instrument perhaps? – […]
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MOONSTRUCK – Ensemble Offspring Almost 30 years to the day and in the same venue as the Spring Ensemble’s first concert, Moonstruck looks to the origins of our ensemble and imagines the future. The starting point is Arnold Schoenberg’s revolutionary classic from 1912, Pierrot lunaire – still radical to the ear as it straddles the […]
Saturday 23 August 2025 ACO on the Pier – The Neilson Walsh Bay Arts Precinct Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) When I saw the program for the latest ACO Up Close recital at The Neilson, I was curious as to the connection between Valentin Silvestrov and Dmitri Shostakovich. Yes they were both Soviet era […]
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Based on the novel by Virginia WoolfAdapted by Carissa Licciardello & Elsie YagerDirected by Carissa Licciardello Virginia Woolf’s most beloved and brilliant novel takes to the stage in a joyous new adaptation. Orlando is young, rich and handsome. A courtier in the time of Elizabeth, he sets out in search of love, life, and a […]
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