Features
Language with a local - Larrakia
Welcome to Language with a Local, which celebrates the International Year of Indigenous Languages. By Emily Tyaemaen Ford Darwin - it's a special place. It's the home of people from...
Sounds@Sunset
The first Sounds @ Sunset for 2019 will be the musical pre-party for everyone gearing up for BASSINTHEGRASS. Producer Donald Sanger has lined up local musicians to get revellers in...
Launch Night Series - Call for volunteers
If there’s a job you can do in the basketball and development program, Launch Night Series, Alicia Kent has done it. Logistics, programming, volunteer-ing and marketing - she’s loved every...
Youth Advisory Committee
If you’re a young person with bright ideas, the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) wants you. The YAC is the voice of young people and advises City of Darwin Council on...
Deadly Darwin Comedy
If you're dead-set ready for some laughs from the original comedians of the country then get ready for Deadly Darwin Comedy. The inaugural event features a group of four Aboriginal...
TWO
Pull up a bar stool and get to know the regulars in this timeless classic of the stage. By Anna Dowd Written by Jim Cartwright and directed by Ensemble Theatre’s...
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow
Dane Simpson has a home- grown approach to comedy that audiences can’t get enough of. By Anna Dowd From sell-out shows with the Aboriginal Comedy All Stars, to his Darwin-bound...
Comics' Corner - May 2019
Showcasing top end comics and local stand-up performers By Will Crawford I was at a house-warming of some very hip 20-somethings, music industry types, when the perennial debate about the...
The Plum Spanky Motel
From rock stars to naked giraffes, princes to perverts, The Plum Spanky Motel has a sordid history of debauchery and indulgence. By Tamara Howie What’s The Plum Spanky Motel? It’s...
Darwin Visual Arts
It’s been a long journey, but Darwin Visual Arts is ready to throw open its doors after a big move and re-brand. After several months of relocating and construction, the...
BASSINTHEGRASS - Meg Mac
It’s been a rollercoaster few months for the Sydney songstress Meg Mac. By Tamara Howie Mac is currently traversing the nation on her ‘Give Me My Name Back’ tour while...
Battle of the School Bands Final
The big names at BASSINTHEGRASS will be given a run for their money when the winners of the NT Battle of The School Bands hit the stage. By Tamara Howie...
D*Town Sings
It's a well-known fact that beer makes everyone a better singer. Two local music legends are inviting everyone who has every fancied themselves a pub performer to join in a...
Tex Perkins and Matt Walker
After 20 years of friendship and mutual admiration Tex Perkins and Matt Walker are taking the stage in Darwin as a duo, and fans are in for a wild ride...
Dave Graney & Clare Moore
Dave Graney isn't a musician who likes to follow rules; he likes to "smash them up". By Kylie Stevenson The singer-songwriter from Mt. Gambier in South Australia grew up on...
The Fast Five - Deborah Conway
Debroah Conway and Willy Zygier head to Darwin on their Epic Tour, after the release of their 10th album, The Words Of Men . The concert will see their new...
Untitled Gallery and Studio
The Untitled Gallery And Studio is Darwin Community Art’s brand new accessible community visual arts space in Coconut Grove. Amina McConvell had a yarn with Off The Leash about what...
Off The Shelf - The Lifted Brow
Welcome to my column where each month I’ll take a book from the shelf to share. By Kate Rendell With the push to re-establish an NT literary journal of ‘our...
NT Literary Awards - entries open
Get those fingers tapping - entries for the NT Literary Awards are open until the end of April. By Tamara Howie The annual competition is a great excuse to knuckle...
Comics' Corner - April 2019
Showcasing top end comics and local stand-up performers By Will Crawford Last month a swag of comedians took to the stage to compete in RAW comedy, but it was a...