Ever wondered what would happen when you combine BMX bike riding with parkour, breaking and dancing? In this episode of Sydney Festival TV STUDIO finds out with Branch Nebula’s Concrete and Bone Sessions. Part theatre, part dance, part urban street sport, Concrete and Bone Sessions is an exciting confrontation between bodies and wheels set among…

World-renowned Australian physical theatre company Legs On The Wall is set to wow audiences at the 2012 London Festival with their new production ‘The Voyage’, kicking off this June. One of the key events at this year’s London Festival, festival goers will witness a show like no other as an enormous ship sails into the…

For the Love of Books hosts Cheryl Akle, Michael Campbell and Lachlan Jobbins discussed Floundering by Romy Ash, Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward and In my Skin: A Memoir by Kate Holden. Floundering – Romy Ash Tom and Jordy have been living with their gran since the day their mother, Loretta, left them on…

For the Love of Books  hosts Cheryl Akle, Michael Campbell and Lachlan Jobbins discussed The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides, Silent Valley by Malla Nunn and Sebastian Barry’s On Canaan’s Side. All books reviewed on this episode of For the Love of Books will be featured at the Sydney Writers Festival this year. The Marriage…

For the Love of Books  hosts Cheryl Akle, Michael Campbell and Lachlan Jobbins discussed The New Republic by Lionel Shriver, Secrets of the Tides by Hannah Richell and Ben Robertson’s Hear me Roar. The New Republic – Lionel Shriver A disgruntled New York corporate lawyer, Edgar Kellogg, is more than ready to leave his lucrative career…

If you missed last night’s episode of For the Love of Books, hosts Cheryl Akle, Michael Campbell and Lachlan Jobbins discussed Skagboys by Irvine Welsh, The Mountain by Drusilla Modjeska and Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers . Skagboys – Irvine Welsh Skagboys charts the journey from likely lads to young men addicted to the heroin…

Performed on a shimmering stage with one of the world’s most iconic cities as a backdrop, Opera on Sydney Harbour: La Traviata will take your breath away. The set was built specifically for this Australian production of Verdi’s La Traviata and included a 9 metre chandelier encrusted with Swarovski Elements crystals. Topped off with dazzling…

Take a lively new look at the world of literature with STUDIO’s new series For The Love of Books. Join three very different (and very opinionated) book lovers for a weekly book club where the new releases and acclaimed classics are discussed and debated. This week on For the Love of Books  hosts Cheryl Akle,…

Mildura Palimpsest is an Australian and international visual arts festival. Described as the Biennale of the bush, the festival showcases over 100 international and local artists’ work. Installations in historic buildings, motels, shop fronts and even a service station makes the Mildura Palimpsest a truly unique festival. The theme of the eighth festival in 2011…

Iconic Australian performer Jimmy Little sadly passed away in his sleep on Monday this week. Known as the ‘Honey Voice’, Jimmy Little was the first Indigenous performer to have a number one record in Australia. ‘Royal Telephone’, his career-defining hit recorded in 1963, which went on to sell over 75,000 copies. However Jimmy was also…