Three Lithuanians walk into Town Hall ... and build a beach

Three Lithuanians walk into Town Hall ... and build a beach

The Sydney Festival show Sun&Sea has been described as “one of the greatest achievements in performance of the last 10 years”.

  • byGarry Maddox

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The Indigenous stock woman upending the Ned Kelly myth

The Indigenous stock woman upending the Ned Kelly myth

Artist Thea Perkins has challenged the myth of Ned Kelly with her life-size mural at Carriageworks,unveiled Wednesday for the Sydney Festival.

  • byLinda Morris
Oops! NSW government hypes beloved free event – 10 years after it died
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Oops! NSW government hypes beloved free event – 10 years after it died

The government touted the much-loved Sydney Festival First Night among the free things Sydneysiders can attend in coming weeks. It hasn’t been held in a decade.

  • byMichael Koziol
An artificial beach will take over Town Hall as part of the Sydney Festival
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An artificial beach will take over Town Hall as part of the Sydney Festival

With the pandemic receding,organisers are hoping Sydneysiders are ready to party in January.

  • byNick Galvin
Sydney Festival suspends overseas government funding after Israel boycott furore

Sydney Festival suspends overseas government funding after Israel boycott furore

The board of the festival has acted on the findings of an independent review that followed a damaging boycott in January.

  • byGarry Maddox
SXSW Sydney an unparalleled coup for our city
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SXSW Sydney an unparalleled coup for our city

This latest edition to Sydney’s events calendar will be the start of something truly special for our beloved harbour city.

  • byEmily Collins
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Critics’ recap:the highs and lows of a Sydney Festival like no other

Critics’ recap:the highs and lows of a Sydney Festival like no other

Our critics look back on a Sydney Festival like no other.

  • byJohn Shand andJill Sykes
Sydney Festival 2022:best in years,shame so few saw it
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Sydney Festival 2022:best in years,shame so few saw it

For Helen Pitt this year’s Sydney Festival has been one of the best in recent memory.

  • byHelen Pitt
Sydney Festival director condemns online ‘intimidation’

Sydney Festival director condemns online ‘intimidation’

Sydney Festival director Olivia Ansell has condemned the behaviour of some activists who called for a boycott of the event.

  • byNick Galvin
Boycotting art? There must be another way
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Boycotting art? There must be another way

The Sydney Festival ends on Sunday under a cloud caused by the boycott over Israeli embassy sponsorship. Another Sydney festival demonstrates a better approach.

  • byBen Adler andNawfel Alfaris
The Museum of Modern Love’s shift to stage is unmissable

The Museum of Modern Love’s shift to stage is unmissable

Tom Holloway has arrived at an inspired adaptation of Heather Rose’s beloved novel.

  • byJohn Shand