Arts

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...

Fire to revive Marian St Theatre continues to burn brightly.  Performers came together at Killara Uniting Church for a pro-Arts protest “We Heart the Arts” on the 16th of February.  The Gordon-based Hummingbird Choir performed a percussive piece. The Killara Scottish Country Dance Group entertained the crowd with audience participation....

Even without the desire to produce professional-style films, short form content for TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube have allowed anyone to pick up their phones and create for the masses. As technology booms, with advancements and better audio and visual, creative filmmakers have begun to grab their mobiles instead of bulky...

Opera Australia is presenting a brand-new production of the classic musical Guys & Dolls. Set against the backdrop of our fair Sydney harbour, Guys & Dolls promises a larger-than-life, colourful rendition of the award-winning show at the open-air stage Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. The production is live for four...