A smorgasbord on offer:Our picks of the Sydney Festival
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A smorgasbord on offer:Our picks of the Sydney Festival

This story is part of the Sydney Festival collection. Here is everything you need to know - reviews,previews and interviews - to plan your 2024 experience.

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A cheat’s guide to the Sydney Festival

A cheat’s guide to the Sydney Festival

There’s a smorgasbord of theatre,dance,opera,art,comedy and music on offer.

  • byLenny Ann Low
Kate Miller-Heidke says her singing is like ‘a yodelling ambulance or Enya on meth’

Kate Miller-Heidke says her singing is like ‘a yodelling ambulance or Enya on meth’

On stage,Kate Miller-Heidke’s self-deprecating sense of humour is clear – the audience laughs at her jokes about the high register of her voice.

  • byHelen Pitt
‘We will move forward’:Jake Nash looks to the future after Voice disappointment

‘We will move forward’:Jake Nash looks to the future after Voice disappointment

Admitting it will take some time,Sydney Festival’s Blak Out co-ordinator addresses the emotional impact of the failed referendum.

  • byNick Galvin
Here’s the kind of inflation everyone can enjoy

Here’s the kind of inflation everyone can enjoy

Sculptor Michael Shaw loves blowing things up,and now he’s turned his attention to Sydney.

  • byNick Galvin
‘There was so much I wanted to preserve’:Julie Byrne on making music through grief

‘There was so much I wanted to preserve’:Julie Byrne on making music through grief

The musician’s one-time boyfriend,long-time musical partner and dear friend died suddenly a few months into making her third album.

  • byAnnabel Ross
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Nellie Small:The queer black icon Sydney didn’t know it had

Nellie Small:The queer black icon Sydney didn’t know it had

A long forgotten star of the Sydney stage,Nellie Small,will be honoured in a tribute show at the 2024 Sydney Festival.

  • byHelen Pitt
Brett Whiteley kept thousands of LPs,the tunes have inspired new work

Brett Whiteley kept thousands of LPs,the tunes have inspired new work

The artist’s dog-eared collection has provided the inspiration for a series of performances for the 2024 Sydney Festival,to take place in the painter’s studio.

  • byHelen Pitt
Meet the people who keep Sydney’s summer on track while you’re relaxing

Meet the people who keep Sydney’s summer on track while you’re relaxing

Holidays may be coming,but for the Sydneysiders who keep our essential services running,it’s the busiest time of the year.

  • byAndrew Taylor
Sydney Festival abruptly axes headline music festival

Sydney Festival abruptly axes headline music festival

Summerground was intended to kick off next year’s event.

  • byNick Galvin
Sydney Festival boss asked to stick around after bumper year

Sydney Festival boss asked to stick around after bumper year

Sydney Festival director Olivia Ansell will have her contract extended for another year on the back of attendance numbers that doubled in 2023 on the previous year.

  • byHelen Pitt