Features
Waterfront Beach Club
IF THERE’S ONE THING Top Enders have missed during lockdown – in addition to being able to go to the pub for a frothy or throwing house parties with an...
Renew Jabiru
Drive into Jabiru township, the gateway to Kakadu, and it’s impossible to miss the huge, colour-filled mural wrapping itself around the sides of what used to be the bakery. It’s...
Takeaway but not as you know it
10 GRAB AND GO IDEAS IN DARWIN Pubs, restaurants and cafés deserve a gold star for the way they’ve been able to roll with the punches. And while we can’t...
How to Support Acts
With everything going on at the moment, we thought we'd get some tips on how to best support the live music and entertainment industry from MusicNT's Executive Director Mark Smith...
Music NT Presents: Ripple Effect Band
IT'S NOT OFTEN YOU HEAR of an all-female rock band hailing from a remote Arnhem Land community, but Ripple Effect Band is just that. MusicNT spoke to band member Rona...
The Fast Five: L-Fresh The Lion
L-FRESH THE LION has quickly become renowned for his powerful presence, inspiring live shows and thought-provoking lyricism. He’s answered The Fast Five for us! What’s the first album you ever...
Lunch on the Lawn
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING to break up the working week? Cue Lunch on the Lawn! Kick back on the front lawns of the Tourism Top End info centre with free live...
The Soldier's Tale
DARWIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (DSO) dives into the fiery pits of Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale for the first DSO Kids’ Classic of 2020. Originally planned for this month, this tale of...
A Hypothetical Darwin
My creative in residence at the NT Archives started with the intention of looking at plans envisioned for Darwin that never happened. I then used these past decisions – or...
Community Cook
YANNI GREW UP ON a farm in Bali and has always been familiar with edible tropical plants. She’s spent time learning more about native plants and people in the Top...
Bush Tucker Tours
EMMA LUPIN HAS been kicking around the Top End sharing her expertise on tropical gardens and locally produced food for years, as the brains behind Taste of the Top End...
When the Tides Turn
2020 IS DARWIN'S TURN to host the annual NT Writers’ Festival, an annual celebration of the written word, which is also held in Alice Springs every second year. The newly...
Brother Moon
Preserving the stories of Elders, Brother Moon is a new children’s book by local author Maree McCarthy Yoelu and illustrator Samantha Fry, published by Magabala Books. A gentle but powerful...
Well, I'll Be Fracked
Enjoy this look behind-the-scenes from local actor Phil O’Brien on Fracketty Frack – a comedy sci-fi web series set in the Northern Territory. IT STARTED LIKE most never-to-be forgotten adventures...
Comics' Corner
SHOWCASING TOP END COMICS AND LOCAL STAND-UP PERFORMERS LAST MONTH, KELLY GULLIVER competed against other budding Territory comedians for a chance to represent the NT in the national Raw Comedy...
Tactile Arts Callout
ARE YOU PASSIONATE about arts and crafts? Want to get involved in the wonderful world of the Top End arts scene? Throw your name in the hat to join the...
Witladla
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST, Larrakia Elder and contemporary storyteller, Aunty June Mills has big plans to bring her unique show, Witladla, to the Top End. The performance, which is currently being adapted...
Arafura Pearl: A Festival of Women
TOP ENDERS ARE in for a treat early next month, with the inaugural Arafura Pearl: A Festival of Women in the Brown’s Mart Courtyard precinct. Emceed by comedian Amy Hetherington...
PRESSplay
AMELIA LUSCOMBE AND JOCELYN TRIBE open their studio doors this month to share behind-the-scenes developments of their artist in residence at Tactile Arts. OTL caught up with them for a...
Robert in Crisis
AFTER RAVE REVIEWS that lead to the Best Performance Award at the 2019 Darwin Fringe Festival, Scott Gooding returns to the Brown’s Mart stage with his one-man dark comedy, Robert...