Concrete Playground

free play Politics In The Pub

Wednesday, 19th August - 11AM
@ Manning Bar

After their complete electoral meltdown in the 2008 election, the Republican Party – the Grand Old Party of US Politics – find themselves in a place of deep soul-searching. Should they moderate their ideological positions to appeal to a wider range of voters? Or focus even more on their increasingly...

music Sister Jane single launch

Friday, 13th November - 8PM
@ Ruby Rabbit

Since their inception/germination/formulation in the misty, magical, musician-spawning Blue Mountains but four winters ago, Sister Jane have recorded all of their music on vintage equipment in the home studio of guitarist and producer Liam Judson (Belles Will Ring, Lovetones, Cloud Control). And so it goes — from vintage equipment to...

free music Mr Fibby, The Ellis Collective, and Owen Campbell in Victoria Park

Sunday, 20th December - 4PM
@ Victoria Park

With summer now getting into full swing, is it not the perfect time of year to enjoy some of Australia's best underground gypsy-folk-rock-storytelling artists in the lazy, setting sun of a Sunday afternoon under the shady trees of Victoria Park? There'll be sausage sandwiches and cold soft drinks for sale...

performing Crave + Lot's Wife

Friday, 30th April - Saturday, 8th May
@ PACT Theatre

Keen for some new, independent, contemporary, edgy, British and/or devised theatre perpetrated by young people? ABitOnTheSide Productions, an emerging theatre company formed by Sydney-based cool-kids Carolyn Eccles and Felicity Nicol, are launching themselves right now at the Pact Theatre in Erskineville with a double bill of Sarah Kane's Crave along...