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Deadly Funny
It's that time of year, comedy lovers, as emerging First Nations comics take the mic to dish out their original giggle-inducing material. By Tierney White PRESENTED BY THE Melbourne International...
TIME to Take the Wheel
Running for its fourth consecutive year, SLIDE Youth Dance Theatre continues to bravely take on the hard-hitting topics affecting today’s youth, with their latest production TIME. By Jenna Kirkham CREATED...
The Visitors
Moogahlin Performing Arts and Sydney Theatre Company have joined forces to present The Visitors based on the critically acclaimed play by Jane Harrison – a riveting and deeply researched insight...
Tommy Little Has a Regular Size Deck
You’ve seen him on the telly, you’ve heard him on the radio, and now Tommy Little returns to the Top End for Darwin Festival. Revered as one of the country’s...
Fourteen
After premiering at the Brisbane Festival in 2022, and going on to sell out for two seasons, this year’s tour of Fourteen to the Top End promises to fan the...
I WISH…
Children’s theatre company Patch Theatre has joined forces with cutting-edge circus company Gravity & Other Myths on a special production, presented at Araluen Arts Centre and at Darwin Festival this...
CLOUD SPLIT
There’s something truly special about being present when art is created for the first time. That’s the premise behind Tracks Dance Company’s Darwin Festival offering, Cloud Split, as dancers take...
Wayfinder
Anyone familiar with directors Amber Haines and Kyle Page’s previous work knows not to expect anything but the unexpected from them. By Shele Parker Black FOR THE UNACQUAINTED, the Dancenorth...
It's Party Time!
Slip on your best party get ups and prepare yourselves for one heck of a good time, because there are some serious party animals coming to town. By Tierney White...
Learning Through Shared Laughter
SHOWCASING SOME OF Australia’s funniest comedians with disability or chronic illness, Are You Pulling My Leg? is a raucous accessible comedy show, boasting a line-up of award-winning performers. By Tierney...
Tracks, But Make Them Fresh
Something many of us look forward to throughout the year is the latest dose of dance from the creative team at Tracks Dance Company. As part of this year’s Darwin...
Teardrops On My Dildo
IF THE TITLE Teardrops on My Dildo sets off a stirring giggle or sounds like the right combination for a belly laugh (or cry), then a comedy evening with Vanessa...
momenta
SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY returns to the Darwin Entertainment Centre stage with momenta – the latest work by Choreographer and Artistic Director, Rafael Bonachela. By Tierney White From the most tender...
The Other Side of Me
T HE NT DANCE Company tour their evocative dance work to Alice Springs, exploring who gets to tell the other side of history. By Betty Sweetlove How can art tell...
Return of the Medium
Is it possible to communicate with the dead? Peter Williams thinks so. He refers to himself as an energetic empowerment expert. He’s also known as a psychic medium. This month...
Destined to Dance
CHINESE-AUSTRALIAN FORMER ballet dancer Li Cunxin’s iconic biography, Mao’s Last Dancer, is reimagined in a heart-warming performance for little and big kids alike in Darwin and Alice Springs this month...
Rollicking Roadshow
Check in for a chuckle at Darwin Entertainment Centre and Araluen Arts Centre, as a comical cohort from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) rolls into the Territory. By Tierney...
The World of Musicals in Concert
GET EXCITED MUSICAL theatre fanatics and Broadway buffs, as globetrotting extravaganza The World of Musicals in Concert returns to light up the Darwin Entertainment Centre stage. By Kate Conway The...
StageSong
By Tierney Seccull THE TERRITORY DOES well with its performing arts education, with some fantastic dance schools and studios, theatre groups and school productions for young folks to flex their...
Young Movers on Track
IN 2002, TRACKS Dance launched its Youth Dance Leadership Program, giving youth-aged participants the chance to learn important skills with the view to provide career and leadership pathways. Last offered...
