Toys Through Time Exhibition at the Museum of Sydney
From peg dolls to Barbie, tin soldiers to spacemen, toys reflect society, offering a window to the past and an insight into our ever-changing culture.
Showcasing the beloved toys of Sydneysiders, Sydney toy manufacturers and Sydney toy stores, this exhibition offers a mix of the familiar and the forgotten and a fascinating trip down memory lane.
Let your imagination fly as you follow the kids' trail through the exhibition to the play space, where you can play traditional games and ...
Augie March 2015 National Tour
Augie March will play Her Majesty’s Theatre in Adelaide, Perth’s Astor Theatre, Brisbane’s new live space The Triffid, the Ulumbarra Theatre in Bendigo and Tanks Art Centre in Cairns.
Augie March returned to the fore last year with release Havens Dumb - the first album since critically acclaimed Watch Me Disappear was released in 2008 - plus a series of comeback shows in their Melbourne hometown in October and November. The series of shows were originally meant to be a single ...
The Photograph and Australia at the Art Gallery of NSW
Photography has been crucial in the development of our understanding of Australia as a place and Australians as a people. Tracing the evolution of the medium and its many uses from the 1840s until today, The photograph and Australia investigates the role that photography has played in shaping our view of the world, ourselves and each other.
Sourced from more than 35 private and public collections across Australia, New Zealand and England, the exhibition features works by renowned ...
Alliance Française French Film Festival 2015
The annual Alliance Française French Film Festival is a collaboration between the Embassy of France in Australia and six Alliances Françaises across Australia. It is not only the biggest film festival in Australia; it is also the biggest festival of French films outside of France.
Each year, it curates a selection of the best contemporary French films, including comedies, dramas, documentaries and much more. Blockbusters and independent films alike screen over six weeks in eight ...
Katie Noonan’s Vanguard Tour
Following on from a number of years of unique and highly-acclaimed projects – Songs That Made Me, Love Song Circus, Songbook and Songs of the Southern Skies with Karin Schaupp – this celebrated singer songwriter is ready to share her new original material. The EP will feature two new tracks – ‘Peace Is My Drug’ and ‘Cloud of Home’ – with additional remixes to tantalise the senses. ‘Peace Is My Drug’ is based around the Michael Leunig poem ‘Peace’, with Leunig ...
London Grammar 2015 Australian Tour
With three coveted spots in the triple j Hottest 100 including a top 10 placement for Strong, Australia’s love affair with London Grammar is only growing.
Their first trip to Australia in 2013 became a highlight of each of the Falls Festivals and Southbound, resulting in an ever expanding fan base, stellar reviews and a breath taking recording for triple J’s Live At The Wireless.
London Grammar 2015 Australian Tour
Thursday 5th March - Perth Festival, Redhill Auditorium
Saturday ...
Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club ‘Adios’ Tour
The group – which has been touring the globe in different forms, guises and combinations since 1997 – will take to the road and return to Australia one last time in 2015 for a series of concerts that will celebrate the Orquesta’s storied journey as ambassadors for Cuban music.
“We wanted our traditional music to live on and to enchant the world and this is what our tours achieved. It has been an incredible part of my career and life.” Omara Portuondo
The Orquesta Buena Vista ...
As You Like It – Bell Shakespeare
As You Like It is an adventure of the heart, a journey through a forest of poetry (and lions), and a tale of a love so grand all the rules are broken to win the heart of a boy. Passionate and disarming, As You Like It – one of Shakespeare’s most beloved romantic comedies – will be directed by Bell Shakespeare’s Artistic Director, Peter Evans.
Featuring an inspiring cast, including John Bell as the melancholic Jaques, in his final role with Bell Shakespeare as an Artistic Direct...
Angélique Kidjo 2015 Australian Tour
Angélique Kidjo is a Grammy Award winner, tireless campaigner for women’s health and education in Africa, a UNICEF Peace Ambassador and also, with a 20 year discography, 12 albums and thousands of concerts around the world, a gifted performer and prolific songwriter. On Eve, her latest album, and Savoy Records debut, named for her own mother as well as the mythical “mother of all living,” the Benin born, singer/songwriter builds on this ever-evolving legacy. She has collaborated ...
Dan Sultan Dirty Ground Tour
Dirty Ground bursts with sparse, stunning songs and was recorded in just one day with Jan Skubizewski of Way of the Eagle. It features co-writes with legendary local musicians Paul Kelly, for the title track ‘Dirty Ground’ and ‘On The Leffy’; and Paul Dempsey, for ‘Mountaintop’. Also included on the EP is the poignant ‘Man on TV’, which Sultan wrote whilst in Nashville.
The majority of tracks have been part of Dan’s repertoire for some time – amongst his original ...
