Highlights of Vivid 2023
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Highlights of Vivid 2023

This year’s winter light fest will shine a light on Sydney’s restaurants and one of our most beloved artists,John Olsen.

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‘Exactly what theatre should be’:Sydney Festival 2023 climbs back towards its best
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‘Exactly what theatre should be’:Sydney Festival 2023 climbs back towards its best

Sydney Festival shrugged aside the Covid years with a reminder of how great it can be.

  • byJohn Shand andHelen Pitt
‘There was so much joy’:Sydney Festival roars back after two lean years

‘There was so much joy’:Sydney Festival roars back after two lean years

Director Olivia Ansell says there was an “insatiable thirst” among Sydneysiders and visitors for this year’s event after the disruption of COVID-19 lockdowns and La Nina downpours.

  • byNick Galvin
‘I am where the birds live’:Rodney Bell on twirling in titanium

‘I am where the birds live’:Rodney Bell on twirling in titanium

A motorbike accident left Rodney Bell paralysed from the chest down. It was then that he was given a vehicle for dance.

  • byBillie Eder
Elaine Crombie raises a bold voice for change in Janet’s Vagrant Love
★★★
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Elaine Crombie raises a bold voice for change in Janet’s Vagrant Love

Elaine Crombie has invented the figure of bold,brassy,sassy character in Janet’s Vagrant Love.

  • byJoyce Morgan
Sydney Festival’s run of great shows ends with ‘wooden’ Holding Achilles
★★½
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Sydney Festival’s run of great shows ends with ‘wooden’ Holding Achilles

The Sydney Festival run of great shows ends here when Legs On The Wall and Dead Puppet Society fall short of their lofty ambitions in this epic.

  • byJohn Shand
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‘Nothing scares her’:Montaigne flies in the queer retelling of Homer’s Iliad

‘Nothing scares her’:Montaigne flies in the queer retelling of Homer’s Iliad

The singer stars in a Sydney Festival show that revisits Homer’s epic poem Achilles.

  • byHelen Pitt
The Artist reveals the craziness of the creative process
★★★★
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The Artist reveals the craziness of the creative process

This exciting physical theatre performance reveals and revels in the sense of play that is involved in the art of creation.

  • byCassie Tongue
Heartbreak High’s Thomas Weatherall shines in his playwriting debut
★★★★
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Heartbreak High’s Thomas Weatherall shines in his playwriting debut

Kamilaroi man Thomas Weatherall proves he is a captivating storyteller in his debut one man show,Blue.

  • byJoyce Morgan
Happy Meal:a gender bending online romcom
★★★★
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Happy Meal:a gender bending online romcom

A queer romcom that was a hit at the Edinburgh festival,wins fans in Sydney.

  • byCassie Tongue
The first play ever penned about both vultures and ice cream
★★★★½
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The first play ever penned about both vultures and ice cream

Add Jacob Rajan’s name to the list of exceptional recent one-actor performances – although this time there’s also a vulture.

  • byJohn Shand