Christmas unwrapped:Where to get your festive fix in Sydney

Christmas unwrapped:Where to get your festive fix in Sydney

From concerts,movies and markets to music,carols and dazzling Christmas lights,Sydney has plenty on offer to ring in the festive season.

  • byLenny Ann Low

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How Dungeons&Dragons made it to the Sydney Opera House

How Dungeons&Dragons made it to the Sydney Opera House

Fifty years since it was first created,D&D has become a global cultural phenomenon.

  • byMichael Idato
How we turned an ‘unadaptable’ story into a blockbuster film

How we turned an ‘unadaptable’ story into a blockbuster film

After a conversation with my friend more than 20 years ago,The Return is finally in cinemas.

  • byJohn Collee
This brilliant,prescient play helps explain the rise of Trump

This brilliant,prescient play helps explain the rise of Trump

Our reviewers take in the latest shows around Sydney.

  • byJohn Shand,Millie Muroi andPeter McCallum
The artist loved by Obama is bringing a new show to Sydney

The artist loved by Obama is bringing a new show to Sydney

The New York-based Julie Mehretu has become a star of the international art world,at times courting controversy.

  • byMichaela Boland
Lights,camera,no ads:How going to the movies could change

Lights,camera,no ads:How going to the movies could change

They’ve long been a fixture of going to the cinema,but could pre-show ads be on the cutting room floor?

  • byPenry Buckley
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He might be a Coppola but Jason Schwartzman is his own star

He might be a Coppola but Jason Schwartzman is his own star

The actor didn’t start in the family firm,making his name with Wes Anderson instead.

  • byStephanie Bunbury
He received death threats for a joke about Jesus,now Reuben Kaye is in Jesus Christ Superstar

He received death threats for a joke about Jesus,now Reuben Kaye is in Jesus Christ Superstar

The cabaret star is the “power-hungry,extravagant child nepo baby” King Herod in the latest revival of the enduring musical.

  • byCassidy Knowlton
Dancing mermaids and salty pirates:The show that revels in being ‘something Netflix can’t do’

Dancing mermaids and salty pirates:The show that revels in being ‘something Netflix can’t do’

It won five Tony awards,now the hit Broadway show Peter and the Starcatcher has been given an Australian makeover.

  • byLenny Ann Low
Even before she was born,Jazzmeia Horn’s superstar future was assured

Even before she was born,Jazzmeia Horn’s superstar future was assured

The jazz virtuoso happily acknowledges she stands on the shoulders of giants.

  • byJohn Shand
Check out the alien eggs,moonscapes and bonsai – the music’s not bad,either

Check out the alien eggs,moonscapes and bonsai – the music’s not bad,either

Our reviewers catch up with all the latest shows around town.

  • byJohn Shand andMichael Ruffles