DATE NIGHT WITH OFF THE LEASH
Your favourite street mag wants to take you on a date.
WORDS CADDIE BRAIN
LOVE A GOOD flick? A spot of French or Italian food, live music, and prizes? This might be the hottest date night offer you’ll get all year. This very masthead, Off The Leash (OTL), wants to take you on a date to Deckchair Cinema.
Swipe right! OTL’s got great style, quality stories, and is, well, pretty committed, actually. No red flags, just green, because they’re in this for the long haul.
OTL has been on a mission to keep arts and culture journalism free and accessible in the NT since 2007. Whether you're looking for short-term or open to long, the not-for-profit magazine is the place to find whatever action you’re looking for – your go-to guide for events, festivals, music, art, and local voices across the Territory.
But like many charity organisations, it relies on community support to keep it going. Managing Editor & Development Manager Tierney White hopes you’ll dig deep and give what you can at what promises to be a pretty special night.
“We’re stoked to score a fundraiser at the Deckie this year – our last and only one was in 2021 during the pandemic. The Deckie kindly donates all profits from ticket sales on Sundays throughout the year to NFPs and charity orgs,” she says.
“We’d love you to join us for this special date night. What better place to enjoy a feed from La Cantinette, some live music from local legends Enbarr – who were an absolute hoot at Nightcliff Seabreeze and NT Irish Music Festivals – and an amazing film under the stars with some of our sweet loves?”
Being able to set the tone for the night, OTL picked Kneecap – a bold, brilliant, and unapologetically rebellious film that sold out both screenings at the Deckchair in 2024. Blending gritty Belfast realism with surreal humour and political defiance, it tells the true story of Irish-language rap group Kneecap.
Loud, funny, and deeply moving, it captures a spirit of resistance and the power of language in fresh, electrifying ways, that might feel familiar to Territory audiences.
And if things get serious and you play your cards right, OTL’s got more on offer. Grab a raffle ticket or five for your chance to score a dreamy one-night stand in a Pool Villa at Mercure Darwin Airport Resort, the major prize up for grabs in the one-night-only fundraising raffle.
Also on offer is a $250 gourmet hamper from Aboriginal Bush Traders, $100 vouchers for Darwin Festival, The Last Supper, and Bustard Town, and brunch for four at Flora’s temper. Hot.
Movie tickets are available via the Deckchair Cinema website, with all proceeds going towards supporting this dedicated and loyal little street press publication.
“We are so proud to continue to be in print, in a world where a lot of media is accessed digitally. It’s so special to be able to offer something tactile, to provide something that is a wonderful resource, both for Territorians and our welcome visitors,” White says.
“Each edition is thoughtfully curated, and our tiny team works very hard behind the scenes to get each mag to print. Off The Leash is a snapshot in time of the arts, events, and culture of this special place. It really shows just how beautiful and diverse the Territory is.”
Off The Leash Deckchair Fundraiser - Kneecap
WHEN SUN 10 AUG | GATES, 5.45PM | FILM, 7PM
AT DECKCHAIR CINEMA
COST $11-$45
INFO deckchaircinema.com
