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Time to recap on the awesomeness that was Mystery Bus. After 7 nights, 4 newspaper articles, 1 radio interview, 36 artists, hundreds of audience members, and one bus, Mystery Bus 2011 is finally over. It has been an incredible, exhausting,chaotic and extremely rewarding experience to participate in the Sydney Fringe Festival with such an awesome show and awesome team. Thank …
This time last week I was stumbling off the annual Ska Weekender harbour cruise. It is one brilliant way to hail in the Spring season of frivolities. Each year a collection of our friendly local and interstate ska bands gather together for an afternoon of classic covers on the harbour. This year featured the Bennies with a set of Rancid …
Today I attended the Snapdragon Zine Fair! And what a lovely event it was, with all the little DIY treasures you could ever want. Dozens and dozens of them laid out across long trestle tables in the Red Rattler. I came home with armfuls of goodies, including spoils from inside the zine-ata. Yes! A giant dragon shaped pinata full of …
Wow. Everybody is going to be raving about this show. Combine impeccably beautiful dance, with sometimes poignant, sometimes humorous physical theatre routines, and then add more than a dash of controversial political discourse and you have DV8’s – Can We Talk About This? This intense experience holds the focus of every member of the audience as we go on a …
Sydney Winter Festival is well worth checking out. Our baby version of a European outdoor skating rink was perfectly cheesy fun. The sizable rink in front of St Mary’s Cathedral is great fun and looks beautiful under the sprinkling fake snow, until you realise its made from detergent suds. For added cheese factor there is a little alpine village selling …
Thought it might be topical to mention Vivid Festival 2011 on its last weekend. I checked out the light sculptures on Friday night and was most impressed by the mapped projections on Customs House, Circular Quay. Clever use of projected animation transformed the historic building into a colourful renaissance palace, then fast forward in time to its crumbling future. I …
Wow, you would think I may have been over it as I rocked up to my third burlesque event this week, but my tolerance for pretty naked ladies just seems to go up and up. The inaugural Blues and Burlesque was jam packed full of hep cats, making for a great night of dancing, once I had overcome my intimidation …
Yesterday I stopped by Chifley Tower to check out the Japan Foundation’s latest exhibition, ‘Kingdom of Characters’. Its a small but kookily colourful display documenting popular Japanese characters from the 50s to present day. Definitely worth a look in if you’re killing time in Sydney’s CBD. They even have talks for uber manga nerds. The last one is next Wednesday …