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Sydney festival 2022

September 2022

  • Sydney festival’s 2022 production Thaw

    Australian arts in focus
    Sydney festival to suspend foreign government funding after mass boycott

    Israeli embassy funding overshadowed this year’s Sydney festival, leading to an independent review

February 2022

  • Blake Erickson and ensemble in Girl from the North Country.

    Girl from the North Country review – Bob Dylan jukebox musical sings with stellar cast

    Starring Lisa McCune, Zahra Newman and Peter Kowitz, Conor McPherson’s large scale show has found its groove in Sydney

January 2022

  • Sydney festival production Thaw

    Calling the Sydney festival boycott ‘censorship’ is a disingenuous attempt by those in power to silence Palestinians

    Randa Abdel-Fattah
  • Glace Chase, Anthony Taufa and Josh McConville in Sydney Theatre Company’s Triple X, 2022.

    ‘My head was exploding with it all’: understudies suddenly thrust into the spotlight

  • Australian writer Benjamin Law

    Australian arts in focus
    Benjamin Law resigns from Sydney festival board over Israeli embassy sponsorship

  • a woman suspended on a block of ice in the sky

    Australian arts in focus
    Three women are dancing on an iceberg in the sky. They don’t know how fast it will melt

  • 宿 (stay) review – S Shakthidharan’s thematically ambitious and affecting new work

  • Australian arts in focus
    ‘Just a miss’: Sydney festival chair apologises after Israeli embassy sponsorship sparks boycott

  • Australian arts in focus
    Israeli embassy claims it was asked by organisers to sponsor Sydney festival

  • An underwater concert with pool noodle seats: drippy idea or splashy fun?

  • Plan to see a show or film? Your questions about Covid-safety in Australia answered

  • Australian arts in focus
    Gene Simmons, Deborah Conway join opposition to Sydney festival boycott as more acts pull out

  • Australian arts in focus
    Sydney festival boycott: more than 20 acts withdraw over Israeli funding

December 2021

  • 44 Sex Acts in One Week

    Orgies, BDSM and smacking fruit: the ‘smutty’ play recreating 44 Sex Acts in One Week

  • Jason Arrow as Alexander Hamilton in the Australian Production. Photo Daniel Boud

    Australian arts in focus
    Major Australian musicals cancel shows as more than 90 performers contract Covid

  • Alvin Ailey American Dance Company performing Ohad Naharin's "Minus 16" as part of Fall For Dance Festival 2014 at City Center on October 10, 2014.

    Australian arts in focus
    Arts organisations pull out of Sydney festival in protest at Israeli embassy sponsorship

  • The Pulse for Sydney festival

    Australian arts in focus
    Risks, refunds and cancellations: your guide to buying tickets amid Covid this summer

  • Australian arts in focus
    Sydney theatres on tenterhooks and music festival cancelled as NSW braces for ‘astronomical’ Covid rise

  • The Guardian picture essay
    Iridescent: Gerwyn Davies’ colourful, camp costume sculptures

November 2021

  • The Airship Orchestra will be installed at Darling Harbour’s Tumbalong Park in January

    Australian arts in focus
    ‘We’re ready for anything’: Sydney festival 2022 unveils full program

    Festivalgoers can choose indoor, outdoor or stay-at-home events, as mass concerts, bold installations and world-premiere theatre set to take over city in January
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