Features
DSO: The Diva and The Bard
This year has seen the Darwin Symphony Orchestra (DSO) celebrate the life and works of William Shakespeare to commemorate the 400-year anniversary of his death. This second MasterSeries concert sees...
An Evening with Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins may be most well-known as a punk icon, namely for his 80s stints in Black Flag and the Rollins Band, but he is also an accomplished writer, producer...
Q&A with writer Natalie Sprite
Former Darwinite Natalie Sprite has established a writing career spanning over 20 years, with a whole heap of accolades under her belt. Off The Leash caught up with Natalie ahead...
Q&A with actor Miranda Tapsell
Darwin actor Miranda Tapsell features in this year's Darwin International Film Festival (DIFF) program, gracing the Deckie screen where she spent many a night watching films under the stars with...
Q&A with Vera Blue
Vera Blue has been making serious headway in the Australian music industry over the past 12 months. Her debut EP Fingertips and singles 'Hold' and 'Settle' have seen her music...
Q&A with Liz Stringer
Melbourne Singer-songwriter Liz Stringer returns to Darwin this September, bringing her soulful country rock to the Railway Club. Interview with Chelsea Heaney. Following her recent album launch, Stringer has been...
Music NT presents: Col Infinity
"One time for my city if you don't mind" is the mantra of Darwin alternative rap artist Col Infinity. Polite, passionate, furious, inspired, nostalgic, intelligent and original are all apt...
Women of the World Festival
Originating at London's prestigious Southbank Centre, the Women of the World (WOW) Festival has taken the globe by storm expanding to Wales, Egypt, Somaliland, the USA, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sydney –...
RICE
Yum Cha Arts and Brown's Mart Theatre are turning up the flavour with the inaugural RICE cultural festival. This free family event showcases and celebrates Darwin’s Thai, Chinese and Nepalese...
Rolling with the Times
Darwin International Film Festival Words by Anna Dowd Image (detail) by Del Kathryn Barton from the short film The Nightingale and the Rose, to be screened at DIFF as part...
2016 NT Song of the Year Winners
THE NT SONG OF THE YEAR AWARDS WERE HELD LAST MONTH AT THE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AMPHITHEATRE, which had its non-existent roof blown off by...
Terrorfest
Over the past several years Terrorfest has become a staple in the heavy music scene in Darwin. Catering to hardcore lovers in the Top End, Terrorfest showcases some of the...
Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir
Currently in the midst of their first national tour, the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir is a unique and captivating ensemble. At this year’s Darwin Festival the choir performs an...
Tunnel Number Five
Prepare yourself for a series of sonic adventures, staged within Darwin’s haunting WWII Oil Storage Tunnels. Directed by Melbourne-based shakuhachi performer and composer Anne Norman, this inspired project combines musical...
DSO MasterSeries
Following the outdoor success of their fabulous annual Dry season Opera Gala at Darwin Waterfront and Pink Floyd Spectacular at the Gardens Amphitheatre, the Darwin Symphony Orchestra (DSO) return to...
Up The Guts
A musical journey of epic proportions, Up The Guts is taking an intrepid crew of musicians straight through the middle of the Australian continent from Hobart all the way through...
Q&A with Stephen Pigram
Creative powerhouse Stephen Pigram has carved an influential path over the past 35 years. As a Yawuru singer songwriter from Broome in the Kimberley and one seventh of the influential...
Tamara-Anna Cislowska
Renowned pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska plays three shows this Darwin Festival in a diverse exploration of some of the classical repertoire’s greatest pianistic works. By Roslyn Perry Cislowska, one of Australia’s...
Q&A with James Mangohig
Darwin night owls have a new place to let loose during August with Happy Yess opening its doors for Club Awi. From 10pm, revelers can join a celebration of dance...
Salon des Refusés
SALON16 returns in 2016! By Roslyn Perry French for “exhibition of rejects”, the Salon des Refusés is generally defined as an exhibition of works rejected by the jury of an...
