The Casula Powerhouse will host the seven-hour West Ball 3 on January 29, curated by Jamaica Moana and Father Xander Silky showcasing the craze for ballroom dancing in southwest Sydney, especially among the POC, Indigenous and LGBTQI+ communities. The most unusual spectacle: the clearly symbolic Thaw by Legs on the Wall.
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Bec Charlwood and Aleks Milinkovic will even ponder: have boomers stuffed our world? On Sundays, as a salute the Domain’s traditional Speakers’ Corner, there will be soapbox debates, hosted by Sydney identities James Valentine and Warren Fahey, tossing around the legacies of our rabble-rousers, razor gang-era queens Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh, Sydney vaudeville stars, most famous misogynists and more. The Sydney Festival is, as always, the springboard of summer activity with new director Olivia Ansell’s program, running from January 6 - 30 including a new hub, called Speakers Corner, in the square adjacent to St Mary’s Cathedral in College St, that will host comedy gala nights and music from a diverse array of talents including Gordi, Jaguar Jonze, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Barkaa, James Morrison and the Ausecuma Beats. This is a perfect excuse to use those new Dine and Discover vouchers from the NSW government arriving at our Service NSW apps this weekend.
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Normal text size Larger text size Very large text sizeĪfter the disappointment of so many months of lockdowns, Sydney’s arts community is putting its best feet forward with an extraordinary cavalcade of shows for every type of entertainment lover.