Live music
Catastrophe and drama collide in this lavish production
John Cranko’s 1962 Romeo and Juliet is most admired – among those who do admire it – for the ensemble grandeur of its large set-piece scenes.
- Andrew Fuhrmann, Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way, Sonia Nair and Jessica Nicholas
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With 26 acts in six spaces, it’s impossible to see it all – but I gave it a red-hot go
Rising’s full-day music festival had something for everyone, even if they didn’t know it beforehand.
- Karl Quinn
This is the best dance work I’ve seen at this year’s Rising
The show runs for little more than an hour – with an ensemble of just four dancers – but nonetheless gives the impression of an epic drama.
- Andrew Fuhrmann, Nick Buckley, Will Cox and Cameron Woodhead
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- Planning & budgeting
How a bunch of K-pop fans beat Ticketmaster’s sneaky pricing tactics
In this instance, common sense won out thanks to people calling out practices that don’t pass the pub test.
- Victoria Devine
Debbie Gibson on her turning point: ‘I felt like I was selling my soul’
The ’80s pop icon has hard-won advice for today’s young starlets.
- Robert Moran
They had more than four million YouTube subscribers – so why did TwoSet delete 1400 videos?
TwoSet Violin won millions of fans with their quirky, comic takes on classical music – then they made a huge career call.
- Rita Glennon
Two rarely screened documentaries capture St Kilda’s sticky carpet heyday
Punkline and Last Drinks are love letters to the once-thriving music and punk scenes of the south-side suburb.
- Kylie Northover
Get up to 33% off tickets to the Australian Chamber Orchestra in June*
Experience the genre-defying voyage from the pastoral majesty of Vaughan Williams to the experimental universe of Kate Bush, directed by Lawrence Power.
Long famed for its food, this Sydney suburb is about to get a nightlife boost
Sydneysiders are increasingly looking beyond the CBD for a nightlife fix – and Eastwood is the next go-to.
- Cindy Yin
Does the closure of Mary’s Underground signal a changing Sydney or something more dire?
If one of Sydney’s most popular live music venues is closing due to financial reasons, should this scare venue owners?
- Kayla Olaya