Arts

Killara local Logan McArthur is set to take the role of King Henry in the Sydney Shakespeare Company’s production Henry VI trilogy. These plays skyrocketed playwright Shakespeare’s career in the late 16th century. Henry IV Parts 1, 2 and 3 tell the tale of Henry VI’s reign as King of...

Agatha Christie’s Spider's Web has come to the Zenith Theatre Chatswood. Produced by Pymble Players Inc., one of the city’s most successful community theatre associations, the organisation has recently the Zenith Theatre as their new home and will be presenting three productions a year. From the 4th to the 12th...

Vivid Sydney is in full swing. From the 23rd of May to the 14th of June, our Harbour city will come alive for its 15th year with light shows, interactive experiences, thought providing talks, diverse food, and exclusive musical performances. The footprint for the festival encompasses five zones: Circular Quay...

On July 27 at The Concourse, Chatswood, Willoughby Symphony Choir will be performing Bach’s St John Passion.  The oratorio depicts the trial of Jesus Christ, his crucifixion and death, as described in the Gospel of St John.  The Choir, along with the Willougby Symphony Orchestra, will bring life again to...

Artists are welcome to enter into the Hornsby Art Prize from Monday 2 June. Well-recognised and popular, this art prize promotes Australian contemporary art, where artists can submit their works. Categories range from painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, and sculpture. From a pool of $23,000, the major prize is worth $10,000,...

To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the musical CATS is returning to Australian stages. In July of 1985, after soaring popularity in Britain at the New London Theatre, CATS made its Australian premiere at the Theatre Royal Sydney. To kick off this new 2025 production, the musical will open again at...

A Pennant Hills local, Jennifer Kaye has long loved music. Training to be an opera singer at the Sydney Conservatorium in the 90s, Jennifer became enthralled with the vocal ensemble repertoire from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. PICTURED:Jennifer Kaye Image Provided This period includes forms like the madrigal, a secular...

Leonardo Dicaprio in Titanic was an awakening for starry eyed teenage girls worldwide. Years later, those girls are now women, and the effects are much the same. Seeing the film as a young girl with her mother in Taiwan, J’ Ma’s was not immune to Leo’s charm. Her starry eyes,...

Beloved musical Annie has returned to Sydney at the Capitol Theatre. Adapted from the 1924 comic strip Little Orphan Annie, the tale was transformed into a legendary musical with a book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Martin Charnin. Annie has been on Broadway, the West...