AS WE JOURNEY towards whatever “new normal” may be, the Central Oz arts community remains nourished and connected. By Zoya Godoroja-Prieckaerts We’ve already seen creatives of all kinds sparkling with...
DESPITE LOCKDOWNS AND GLOBAL PANDEMICS, Darwin group DRAFTDAY is having a strong start to 2020. MusicNT spoke to the band’s vocalist, Arran Barker, hot on the heels of an EP...
THE SOUND OF DARWIN Symphony Orchestra’s classical music will once again fill our ears this month, after a short, forced hiatus. Their March concert at Darwin Entertainment Centre, Around The...
By Liz Trevaskis When I moved to Darwin over a decade ago, I couldn’t believe that once a year we were allowed to blow our hardearned cash on blowing stuff...
This time of year, Top Enders would normally be immersing themselves in the wild and wacky world that is Darwin Fringe, but the festival as we know it was postponed...
The original Darwin Festival – known then as the Bougainvillea Festival – was inspired by Top Ender’s knack for optimism, determination and local love. By Anna Dowd 40 years and...
INTERNATIONALLY CELEBRATED AS a world-class event, the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) has announced its intentions to move online in 2020, with a ground-breaking new ‘virtual fair’ format to be...
POLITIKANT IS THE provocative new exhibition showing at Darwin Visual Arts – a creative response from an ensemble of Top End artists, who want to put art front and centre...
BEHIND THE CLOSED doors of Hilton Darwin, the team have been busy working away on something special. Their in-house restaurant, Mitchell’s, has been marked for renovation for a long time...
Being encouraged to stay at home when possible during the pandemic meant we turned to our tellies more than usual for both entertainment and a sense of connectedness. And once...
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IT'S TIME TO GRAB the popcorn and pull up a deck chair – Flickerfest is back! Australia’s largest short film festival is making a pitstop at Deckchair Cinema this month...
DARWIN-BASED WRITER Monica Tan recently took out the Best Non-Fiction Book for Stranger Country in the 2020 Chief Minister’s Book Awards. OTL caught up with her for a chat. Congrats...
ORIGINALLY FROM LIVERPOOL in the UK, 17-year-old Joel Collins now calls the Top End home. We caught up with Joel to chat about what he’s been up to during lockdown...
DEADLY DARWIN COMEDY returns to Brown’s Mart theatre this month with their new show, A New Hope. And the plot may seem a little familiar… The year is 2020 and...
BROWN’S MART THEATRE’S popular Evening Reads program returns this month with Dead Man’s Cell Phone, written by Sarah Ruhl. When Jean answers the phone of a dead stranger, she finds...
Darwin Entertainment Centre (DEC) started the year with a bang, the 2020 season promising an exciting year of music, theatre, dance, and more. Off The Leash readers will remember the...
IT’S THE DAY thousands of Territorians look forward to. Yep, the one and only day in the whole country we can legally buy fireworks and fire them at will. But...
LAST YEAR, DARWIN’S beloved Malak Marketplace ventured beyond its home in the ‘burbs to set up camp in the George Botanic Gardens for a handful of delightful Fridays during the...
THE BRAND-NEW NT Creative Industries Strategy has a big bunch of historic ‘firsts’ attached to it. It’s the first co-led plan for developing creative industries the Territory has ever had...