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Sleeping Beauty
ENJOY THE CLASSIC tale of Sleeping Beauty, as it is revived on stage by Territory ballet dancers. More than 200 dancers from as young as three-years-old are set to perform...
Cusp
On the cusp of adulthood you’re faced with many choices. Some are easy to make, others, not so much. Mary Anne Butlers’ award-winning play, Cusp, explores the lives of three...
Comics' Corner - October 2019
Showcasing Top End comics and local stand up performers. By Will Crawford Many of us attend comedy gigs as a bit of an escape. To have a chuckle, maybe a...
Australian Burlesque Festival
AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS’ hiatus from touring to the Top End, The Australian Burlesque Festival is back with some big names and big costumes. Director and performer Dolores Daiquiri...
Swan Lake
THE VICTORIAN STATE BALLET takes to the Darwin Entertainment Centre stage this month with two performances of Swan Lake. Recognised as one of the world’s most famous ballets and performed...
Reading Revolt
AUDIENCES CAN SEE a fierce and humourous feminist play for September’s instalment of Brown’s Mart Theatre’s Evening Reads. Award-winning play Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. by Alice Birch examines the...
Feel the Rhythm of the Beat
SINCE 1979, The Beat Festival has given Northern Territory school students the chance to get on stage and show off their creative skills in a performance extravaganza each year. More...
Comics' Corner - September 2019
Showcasing Top End comics and local stand up performers. By Will Crawford CO-FOUNDER OF THIS YEAR’S INAUGURAL Deadly Darwin Comedy show Richard Fejo is a familiar face around town, popping...
Global Positioning
DANCE FANS CAN TAKE a look at the past, present and future as Tracks Dance makes statements with its latest production Global Positioning. Artistic Co-Director David McMicken says audiences will...
Wilegal
FOR COMEDIAN WIL ANDERSON, his run-in with the law back in 2017 was anything but funny. In fact, his arrest on a flight to a gig in Wagga Wagga was...
Comics' Corner - August 2019
SHOWCASING TOP END COMICS AND LOCAL STAND-UP PERFORMERS By Will Crawford It’s August. After work beers, Hanuman curries and wood fired pizzas in the bamboo food village at Festival Park...
An Artistic Exchange
PAIWANESE DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER, Aulu Tjibulangan, is offering workshops in Darwin as part of Artback NT’s 2019 Taiwan-Australia Indigenous Artist in Residency program. Tjibulangan has traded countries with Maningrida visual...
National Dance Forum
WE OFTEN MAKE A FUSS THE FIRST TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS, knowing that once it’s happened, it paves the way for it to happen again and again. Little trail-blazing moments! This...
Illuminated
AMELIA GILDAY IS AN EMERGING creative from Moontan Productions, an indie collective based in southern Sydney. We had a quick chat with her about her show, Illuminated, showing as part...
Comics' Corner - July 2019
SHOWCASING TOP END COMICS AND LOCAL STAND-UP PERFORMERS By Will Crawford Hotel Darwin is home to Fringe Festival Comedy this year, its beer garden transformed into a comics’ wildlife sanctuary...
Blanc de Blanc Encore
IF YOU LOVED BLANC DE BLANC IN 2017, you’re going to love this delicious second helping... Darwin Festival have invited Strut & Fret Production House back for another tantalising tipple...
50 Years of Sydney Dance Company
SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY’S 50TH anniversary bursts into life with a mesmerising night of dance from choreographers Rafael Bonachela, Gabrielle Nankivell and Melanie Lane. In the world premiere of Cinco, Rafael...
Give It A Go, With Corro
CORRUGATED IRON YOUTH ARTS has been on the scene for more than 30 years, helping young creative folks flex their creative muscles in areas of circus and drama. July’s turning...
Comics' Corner - June
CHRIS LILLEY’S NEW SERIES, Lunatics, has been released to mixed reviews. In my opinion, Lunatics is sadly a tired and ultimately frustrating collection of predictably quirky characters, lacking the intelligence...
Darwin Middle School presents - Mirror Image
IN THE FAIRY TALE WORLD, princes are charming, stepsisters are wicked and everyone supposedly lives happily ever after. But Woodsman dreams of being more than an incidental character without a...
