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The 78-Storey Treehouse
The tallest tree house to hit the Darwin Entertainment Centre stage is on its way. The 78 Story Treehouse, a stage adaptation of the Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton book...
Comics' Corner - April
Showcasing top end comics and local stand-up performers. By Will Crawford Ryan McArthur is intelligent, dry, a little sarcastic and a little awkward – just like his comedy. Over the...
Brown's Mart 2018 Season
Brown’s Mart’s 2018 season is kicking off with a rare treat set in the time of the Salem witch trails. The Crucible opens the season as part of the education...
Thomas Murray and the Upside Down River
Regional Australia is being put under the spotlight as stories from life in a drought-affected town are shared on stage. The only world that farmer Tom Murray has ever known...
Tracktivation
Dancers are being unleashed in Darwin’s CBD by Tracks Dance Studio, breathing life into the city. A huge range of public programs and workshops will be held throughout the NT...
Comic's Corner
Showcasing top end comics and local stand-up performers. By Will Crawford The Mechanics of Comedy – Part 3 Comedy is often just story telling from an unexpected perspective. Whether it’s...
Raw Comedy Final
10 top end comedians are preparing to walk comedy’s ultimate highwire. Presented by the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, RAW Comedy is the annual hunt for Australia’s as yet undiscovered wit...
Q&A with comedian KC Monica
Darwin based stand up and archaeologist KC Martin-Stone (aka KC Monica) represented the NT at the Adelaide Fringe Festival last month. Off The Leash columnist Will Crawford had a chat...
Hillbilly Horror
Following a popular season in Darwin in 2016 Artback NT and The Royal National Theatre of Jingili take Hillbilly Horror down the Stuart Highway this March. Something’s rotten in the...
Comics' Corner – February
The holidays are over, the demoulding rituals complete and New Year’s dietary resolutions made and jettisoned – now is the time to venture into the world and explore the cultural...
Comics' Corner – Dec/Jan
Comedy, like all art, is subjective in its appeal. Unlike other art forms, however, comedy seeks to elicit a particular and visceral response from its audience: the involuntary diaphragmatic spasm...
The Territory's Own Comedy Debate 2.0
The Territory’s Own Comedy Debate returns for a hilarious showdown that sets Darwin’s best comedians against each other over two nights. Comedy Debate 2.0 isn’t your standard comedy night, it’s...
Suicide in B-flat
A jazz great disappears. The outline of his body haunts the stage. The city is on edge and the musicians are restless. The keystone cops are on the case, but...
Multicultural Karaoke
A unique celebration of the cultural and linguistic diversity in our city, Darwin’s first-ever multicultural Karaoke competition is here. Karaoke, translated into English as ‘empty orchestra’, is a global phenomenon...
CANCELLED – La Boheme and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DARWIN SCREENINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. No need to dress up and spend the big bucks for a night at one of the world’s best opera houses...
The Magic of Dance
With her full-time students and guest artists recently returned from three weeks of international master classes in Prague, Leisa’s School of Dance, in conjunction with Duprada Dance Company, presents two...
Mana Wahine
Women’s power, authority and spirit are celebrated in this contemporary dance work from Aotearoa. Acclaimed Maori Dance Company Okareka are stopping off in Darwin on their international tour of this...
The Daly River Girl
Tessa Rose’s debut play is a compelling personal story of hardship, love and resilience. Following an extensive career in acting and dance across Australia, Rose has put pen to paper...
SPUN: Rewind
The Territory’s only live storytelling night is returning this Build Up with a special event that turns back the clock to reveal six decades’ worth of stories in one cracking...
Comics' Corner – November
Comedy comes in a myriad of different colours and fabrics, but amongst the great haberdashery of comic styles, there is a science that underpins the techniques a comedian uses to...
