The Mechanics of Comedy – Part 4. Having previously explored various subgenres of comedy including Misanthropes, Character Assassins and Surrealists, I cast my eyes to the ever-popular comedy movement, the...
When you hear Phil Jamieson’s name, it’s not often associated with musical theatre. But the Grinspoon front man has proven he’s got the chops playing the role of St Jimmy...
As temperatures rise beyond 40 degree and Melbourne’s sewerage system floods the city, the characters in The Turquoise Elephant are all still bickering about climate change. Set in the near...
Love triangles, mischief and a spot of cross-dressing – all the elements of a classic Shakespeare comedy will be on show in Essential Theatre’s rendition of Twelfth Night. The Australian...
Top End bush babies are in for a treat with a new theatre show hitting the Darwin Entertainment Centre. The children’s show, Creature, is based on the 1899 classic Dot...
The tallest tree house to hit the Darwin Entertainment Centre stage is on its way. The 78 Story Treehouse , a stage adaptation of the Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton...
Showcasing top end comics and local stand-up performers. By Will Crawford Ryan McArthur is intelligent, dry, a little sarcastic and a little awkward – just like his comedy. Over the...
Brown’s Mart’s 2018 season is kicking off with a rare treat set in the time of the Salem witch trails. The Crucible opens the season as part of the education...
Regional Australia is being put under the spotlight as stories from life in a drought-affected town are shared on stage. The only world that farmer Tom Murray has ever known...
Dancers are being unleashed in Darwin’s CBD by Tracks Dance Studio, breathing life into the city. A huge range of public programs and workshops will be held throughout the NT...
Showcasing top end comics and local stand-up performers. By Will Crawford The Mechanics of Comedy – Part 3 Comedy is often just story telling from an unexpected perspective. Whether it’s...
10 top end comedians are preparing to walk comedy’s ultimate highwire. Presented by the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, RAW Comedy is the annual hunt for Australia’s as yet undiscovered wit...
Darwin based stand up and archaeologist KC Martin-Stone (aka KC Monica) represented the NT at the Adelaide Fringe Festival last month. Off The Leash columnist Will Crawford had a chat...
Following a popular season in Darwin in 2016 Artback NT and The Royal National Theatre of Jingili take Hillbilly Horror down the Stuart Highway this March. Something’s rotten in the...
The holidays are over, the demoulding rituals complete and New Year’s dietary resolutions made and jettisoned – now is the time to venture into the world and explore the cultural...
Comedy, like all art, is subjective in its appeal. Unlike other art forms, however, comedy seeks to elicit a particular and visceral response from its audience: the involuntary diaphragmatic spasm,...
The Territory’s Own Comedy Debate returns for a hilarious showdown that sets Darwin’s best comedians against each other over two nights. Comedy Debate 2.0 isn’t your standard comedy night, it’s...
A jazz great disappears. The outline of his body haunts the stage. The city is on edge and the musicians are restless. The keystone cops are on the case, but...
A unique celebration of the cultural and linguistic diversity in our city, Darwin’s first-ever multicultural Karaoke competition is here. Karaoke, translated into English as ‘empty orchestra’, is a global phenomenon...
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DARWIN SCREENINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. No need to dress up and spend the big bucks for a night at one of the world’s best opera houses...