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The 2024 HSBC Spanish Film Festival to open with a stunning homage to cinema and profiles Spain’s finest female filmmakers!

It’s fiesta time as the 2024 HSBC Spanish Film Festival, presented by Palace, prepares to set screens alight with a superb selection of the finest new and classic films from Spain and Latin America. The festival’s largest line up to date opens nationally from 11 June at Palace Cinemas, Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas and Luna Palace Cinemas. Based on a popular novel and directed by multi award-winning director Lone Scherfig, THE MOVIE TELLER (La Contadora de Películas) is this year’s ...

Alphonse Mucha – Spirit of Art Nouveau is coming to the Art Gallery of NSW this June!

Realised in close cooperation with the Mucha Foundation, Prague, Alphonse Mucha: Spirit of Art Nouveau is drawn from the Mucha Family Collection. Bringing together Mucha’s illustrations, jewellery, interior decoration, photographs and more, the exhibition reveals an artist and designer whose powerful influence remains with us today. Once hailed as ‘the greatest decorative artist in the world’, Mucha rocketed to fame with the posters he created for legendary actor and international ...

The Woman in Black is coming the the Theatre Royal Sydney this July!

Susan Hill’s acclaimed ghost story comes dramatically alive in Stephen Mallatratt’s ingenious stage adaptation – “The most brilliantly effective spine-chiller you will ever encounter” (Daily Telegraph). Robin Herford’s gripping production is a brilliantly successful study in atmosphere, illusion and controlled horror. “One of British theatre’s biggest – and scariest – hits” (The Guardian).   //   Britain’s second longest running play after The ...

You’ve Got a Friend – The Music of Carole King and James Taylor is coming to Brisbane this July!

Audiences will be treated to performances of all their biggest hits including Carole King’s seminal album TAPESTRY, early collaborations with Gerry Goffin such as Up on the Roof and from the James Taylor catalogue Fire and Rain, How Sweet it is (to be loved by you), Carolina in my Mind and Shower the People to name just a few. Conway and Coggan will share the story of how these two music legends became such enduring friends marked by the decades long influence they have had on each ...

Fiesta time is near! The HSBC Spanish Film Festival returns this June!

. This year’s festival Centrepiece is THE TEACHER WHO PROMISED THE SEA (El Maestro que Prometió el Mar), which recently won the Audience award at the 2024 Gaudí Awards. The acclaimed drama stars Enric Auquer (the lead from last year’s festival hit Two Many Chefs) and Laia Costa, and tells the true story of Antoni Benaiges, a teacher who brought progressive teaching methods to a small village in 1930s Burgos. Featuring in the New Spanish Cinema selection is JOKES AND CIGARETTES ...

Check out the 2024 HSBC German Film Festival Programme!

The festival is delighted to welcome special guest Andreas Dresen, the award-winning director of the Opening Night selection FROM HILDE, WITH LOVE (In Liebe, Eure Hilde) which premiered to widespread acclaim at the recent Berlinale. Featuring an extraordinary performance from Liv Lisa Fries as a young woman drawn into the anti-Nazi resistance movement during World War II, the film is a compelling historical drama and remarkable true story. Andreas Dresen will be attending Opening Night ...

Lightscape returns to dazzle Vivid Sydney with a spectacular new trail!

Reimagined for 2024, the globally renowned Lightscape phenomenon of light, colour and sound will dazzle visitors with all-new lightworks and installations by local and international artists. Tickets are now on sale for the popular immersive experience which enjoyed a sell-out season at Vivid Sydney in 2023.   //   Lightscape will light up the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney when the sun goes down, turning it into an all-ages technicolour wonderland designed to highlight the ...

2024 HSBC German Film Festival first highlights have been revealed!

First highlights include the acclaimed new drama from Camera d’Or winning writer/director Claire Burger, FOREIGN LANGUAGE (Langue Étrangère), which arrives direct from the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). Two teenage pen pals in Leipzig and Strasbourg forge a friendship through letters and language exchange in this cross cultural coming-of-age drama, starring Nina Hoss as one of their mothers. Their bittersweet and boundary-testing friendship is strained as they ...

Tenacious D are returning to Australia with their Spicy Meatball Tour!

Are you ready?! Following massive sold out shows across Europe, UK and the USA in 2023 – which should come as no surprise for the Greatest Band That Ever Played on Planet Earth – GRAMMY®-winning dynamic duo Tenacious D, featuring Jack Black and Kyle Gass, will bring their Spicy Meatball Tour down under to Australia in July 2024!   //     Tenacious D Spicy Meatball Tour 14 July 2024 - ICC Sydney Theatre, Sydney 16 July 2024 - Newcastle Entertainment Centre, ...

José González 2024 Australia Tour!

This exceptional tour not only celebrates a major milestone in the career of this musical icon but also invites fans to rekindle the enchantment of his 2003 classic, VENEER.   //   With a career spanning over two decades, José González has solidified his legacy as a masterful singer-songwriter renowned for his distinctive fusion of folk melodies and introspective storytelling. His enduring impact on the music industry is undeniable, making this tour a must-see for ...