Chris Singh 
When we think of Sydney Fringe Festival, our minds tend towards the darkness. Eccentric, challenging and provocative theatre dominates the fringes of what is acceptable in the world of art and theatre, and this month-long event absolutely eats it up with an unapologetic, devilish grin. But punch through the chaotic cracks of Sydney Fringe Festival’s
Bradfield City Centre will be Australia’s first new city in over 100 years, extending from Western Sydney’s new aviation hub, Nancy Bird Walton Airport. We already know that Western Sydney is the key to the city’s ambitious future plans, with big dollars being thrown at Parramatta. Now the region will welcome this ambitious aerotropolis, which
Sydney’s tropical wine festival returns for three days of sun-sipping and cheese-biting, with Wine Island taking over Gap Bluff in NSW National Park. Kicking off on Friday, November 29 and running through Sunday, December 1, Wine Island ’24 moves from its traditional home at Clark Island towards a sun-soaked patch of Watsons Bay. The new
It’s been 8 years since Ibby Moubadder made Middle Eastern food cool again with his ferociously popular Surry Hills restaurant, Nour. Now, the restaurateur hopes to take his modern Lebanese diner into a new era with ex-Stanbuli chef Ibrahim Kasif. I’m seated in Nour’s private dining room, one curtain lift away from a bustling dining
Gearing up to watch the New Year’s Eve fireworks in Sydney? Each year the sparkling harbour city puts on a peerless NYE display, centered around the Sydney Harbour Bridge with an innovative mix of fireworks and drone shows. Yet the cost of having one of the most world’s most popular NYE fireworks shows is often
More details have been confirmed for the new Sydney Fish Market, previewing several drinking and dining destinations. Sydney’s forward-thinking infrastructure binge has already given us an exciting new Metro line, laying the groundwork for a sweep of lifestyle precincts, affordable housing and spaces for public art. Now Sydney’s focus on prosperity is about to dig
The 2025 Sydney Festival has announced its first major production, commissioning a stage show based on the extraordinary – and often unbelievable – lives of legendary Las Vegas performers Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn. Siegfried & Roy: The Unauthorised Opera will play at Sydney Theatre Company from January 8-25. Director and co-writer Constantine Costi and
It’s been up and running for over a week, clocking more than 1 million passengers in just a few days, but Sydney Metro’s biggest challenge is just around the corner as the new railway faces its first full season. And now that the humans have had their turn, it’s over to the dogs to help
Emma Rice’s celebrated Wuthering Heights is arriving in Sydney for a limited run from January 2025. The highly acclaimed musical, adapting Emily Brontë’s classic gothic novel about love, revenge and a yearning for redemption, will be shaped for the stage at Walsh Bay’s Roslyn Packer Theatre. Given Rice’s reputation for ingenious storytelling (Tristan & Yseult,
The first month of spring is always an exciting time to be in Sydney. The mood is high, the events are pumping, and the local mentality shifts from escaping the cold to embracing the sun. If you’re a tourist spending time in Sydney over the next 30 days, get ready to wrap yourself in everything
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