Features
First Nations to the Front
The rich fibres of Garrmalang Festival were first woven in 2014 to showcase, inspire and celebrate First Nations arts and culture, blossoming over the years into an exciting, culture-rich event...
A Sound Community
KNOW HOW YOU can tell a good community broadcaster? We listen to them and they listen to us. By Zoya Godoroja-Prieckaerts 8CCC Community Radio has a long history of broadcasting...
The NEO's New Tune
NORTH AUSSIE SEROTONIN stimulators, The NEO, descend on the Darwin Railway Club stage this month with a creative entourage in tow to launch their new single, ‘Out of Place’. By...
Jon STEVENS
After a sell-out tour in 2019, Jon Stevens returns to stages around Australia to pay tribute to the legendary bands that catapulted him into Aussie rock royalty. An artist in...
Soak Tumble Dry
THIS EXCITING POP-UP group exhibition features the work of three photographers and a sculptor, exploring the Top End’s unique Wet season to create fantastic imagery that interprets our urban tropical...
Kaleidoscope
SELF-TAUGHT DARWIN-BASED photographer Louise Denton has been snapping the natural beauty of the Territory’s landscape for almost 15 years, her images immortalised on Top End walls, showcased in coffee table...
The Alice Prize
This year, the work of 58 finalists selected from 531 applicants adorns the Araluen Arts Centre gallery for the 42nd Alice Prize. Some will grab your eye with boldness, others...
ON by Circa
CIRCA CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS has earned its stripes as one of the world’s leading performance companies, wowing audiences from the far corners of the world with their high level of skill...
Girls with Altitude
International Women’s Day may be done and dusted for the year, but we are far from finished celebrating our young female leads. They can lead a country, they can fight...
Get Eggcited for Easter
IT’S THIS TIME of year that a trip to the shops might accidentally land a bag of hot cross buns in your trolley, ready for a good toasting and generous...
Desert Brews
EXTREME HEAT, EXTREME cold, extreme downpours, extreme droughts, extreme distances from everything. Life in Alice Springs has a lot to contend with when it comes to isolation and the elements...
Lounge Around at Monte's
Ah, Monte’s. The weird, wonderful, semi-carnival themed pub that is the iconic watering hole for most that have either lived in or visited Alice Springs. I’m in good company when...
Ivan Sen’s Loveland
Kicking off the 2022 Deckchair Cinema season is Ivan Sen’s latest film, Loveland. Set in futuristic Hong Kong, it follows an assassin who falls for a nightclub singer. But as...
Sky COUNTRY
There’s something very special about the landscape of the Red Centre. Its ochre-hues and rugged terrain, sun kissed by day and blanketed by stars at night. By Tierney Seccull This...
Couch Surfing 2022
Since 2012, Anglicare NT’s Couch Surfing event – held annually each April to coincide with National Youth Week and National Youth Homelessness Matters Day – has brought the community together...
Hoppy Easter
THIS EASTER, GET the family together and hop along to Casuarina Square – or Cas Square as it’s affectionately referred to – for free school holiday activities and Easter fun...
Off The Leash in the Northern Territory
Since 2007, Off The Leash (OTL) has kept locals and welcome visitors up to date with what’s happening across the Top End, through a monthly street press magazine and comprehensive...
Make History with Off The Leash
Calling all Northern Territory-based visual artists! We’ve been working towards something very exciting in the background over the last couple of years and we’re proud to announce, from 2022 onwards...
Important OTL Update
UPDATE MAR 1, 2022 - We are proceeding with the April edition. Dear Off The Leashers, Due to the evolving situation regarding COVID-19, Off The Leash will not be printing...
Work with us!
Editorial Assistant Part-time, three days per week (0.6 FTE), commencing Mar 2022 (Darwin, NT) Keen to work at a creative, fun and dynamic not-for-profit organisation? We're on the hunt for...