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A Celtic Christmas
If the build-up has got you dreaming of a winter escape, why not have a Celtic Christmas with A Taste of Ireland? This traditional Irish dance show brings all the...
Operation Ouch
British identical twins Dr Chris and Dr Xand van Tulleken, are descending on the Top End with their live stage show for kids, Operation Ouch, jam-packed with crazy experiments, amazing...
Sin On My Face
BOGAN FUNNY MAN and social media megastar Alex Williamson is heading back up north with his new show, Sin on my Face. Having performed to the laidback Top End crowd...
Dylan Moran - Dr Cosmos
Legendary Irish comedian Dylan Moran is headed Down Under with his brand-new show Dr Cosmos. Moran once again offers his unique take on love, politics, misery and the everyday absurdities...
Audition Drama
DO YOU DREAM of being on the stage or the silver screen? Performing arts school intakes for 2020 are just around the corner. Kyle Walmsley successfully auditioned for the National...
Comics' Corner - November 2019
Showcasing Top End comics and local stand-up performers. By Will Crawford MICAH KICKETT WAS MY STANDOUT stand up discovery of 2019. He won the Darwin final of Melbourne International Comedy...
Sleeping Beauty
ENJOY THE CLASSIC tale of Sleeping Beauty, as it is revived on stage by Territory ballet dancers. More than 200 dancers from as young as three-years-old are set to perform...
Cusp
On the cusp of adulthood you’re faced with many choices. Some are easy to make, others, not so much. Mary Anne Butlers’ award-winning play, Cusp, explores the lives of three...
Comics' Corner - October 2019
Showcasing Top End comics and local stand up performers. By Will Crawford Many of us attend comedy gigs as a bit of an escape. To have a chuckle, maybe a...
Australian Burlesque Festival
AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS’ hiatus from touring to the Top End, The Australian Burlesque Festival is back with some big names and big costumes. Director and performer Dolores Daiquiri...
Swan Lake
THE VICTORIAN STATE BALLET takes to the Darwin Entertainment Centre stage this month with two performances of Swan Lake. Recognised as one of the world’s most famous ballets and performed...
Reading Revolt
AUDIENCES CAN SEE a fierce and humourous feminist play for September’s instalment of Brown’s Mart Theatre’s Evening Reads. Award-winning play Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. by Alice Birch examines the...
Feel the Rhythm of the Beat
SINCE 1979, The Beat Festival has given Northern Territory school students the chance to get on stage and show off their creative skills in a performance extravaganza each year. More...
Comics' Corner - September 2019
Showcasing Top End comics and local stand up performers. By Will Crawford CO-FOUNDER OF THIS YEAR’S INAUGURAL Deadly Darwin Comedy show Richard Fejo is a familiar face around town, popping...
Global Positioning
DANCE FANS CAN TAKE a look at the past, present and future as Tracks Dance makes statements with its latest production Global Positioning. Artistic Co-Director David McMicken says audiences will...
Wilegal
FOR COMEDIAN WIL ANDERSON, his run-in with the law back in 2017 was anything but funny. In fact, his arrest on a flight to a gig in Wagga Wagga was...
Comics' Corner - August 2019
SHOWCASING TOP END COMICS AND LOCAL STAND-UP PERFORMERS By Will Crawford It’s August. After work beers, Hanuman curries and wood fired pizzas in the bamboo food village at Festival Park...
An Artistic Exchange
PAIWANESE DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER, Aulu Tjibulangan, is offering workshops in Darwin as part of Artback NT’s 2019 Taiwan-Australia Indigenous Artist in Residency program. Tjibulangan has traded countries with Maningrida visual...
National Dance Forum
WE OFTEN MAKE A FUSS THE FIRST TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS, knowing that once it’s happened, it paves the way for it to happen again and again. Little trail-blazing moments! This...
Illuminated
AMELIA GILDAY IS AN EMERGING creative from Moontan Productions, an indie collective based in southern Sydney. We had a quick chat with her about her show, Illuminated, showing as part...