Day: 17 January 2014

the AU sessions: Sarah McLeod performs The Superjesus' "Second Sun" LIVE and acoustic!

the AU review presents the AU sessions with The Superjesus’ Sarah McLeod performing the classic track “Second Sun” LIVE, solo and acoustic in a Sydney park! Don’t miss The Superjesus when they perform three very special shows over the Australia Day long weekend: Waves in Wollongong on the 24th of January, Bateau Bay Hotel on…

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the AU interview: twenty | one | pilots (Columbus, Ohio) on touring with Paramore and You Me at Six in Australia!

Larry Heath sits down with Columbus, Ohio duo twenty | one | pilots, currently in Australia touring with Paramore and You Me at Six. We talk about the tour, coming down under for the first time, what 2014 has in store for them, their live show aspirations and more!

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Sydney Festival Photo Gallery: Dido & Aeneas – Lyric Theatre at The Star (16.01.14)

Renowned for her boundless visual imagination, Berlin choreographer Sasha Waltz has come together with celebrated baroque orchestra Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin to present her first opera: a majestic reimagining of one of the world’s great romantic tragedies, Dido & Aeneas, with performances at Sydney Festival until the 21st of January. Find out more HERE…

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Sydney Festival Theatre Review: Scotch and Soda – The Circus Ronaldo Tent, Festival Village (15.01.14)

After seeing Limbo, I felt it would be hard to witness another acrobatic circus so soon. Surely it couldn’t top all the wonderful array of party tricks they had up their sleeves. Indeed, Limbo is a high-tech, over-the-top masterpiece of the circus. So I went into Scotch and Soda, Sydney festival’s other house circus, with…

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TV Review: New Girl – Season 3 Episode 11 “Clavado En Un Bar” (USA, 2013)

New Girl was back with a bang with a surprisingly original episode that really brought out the best of the gang. The episode was essentially a flashback episode, formed under the guise of Jess needing advice concerning the possibility of taking on a new job. Jessica Day, not a teacher? I’m not sure if any…

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The Doctor Is In: A Doctor Who Podcast (Episode 002)

The Iris is proud to present the second episode of our new Doctor Who Podcast “The Doctor is In” featuring Larry Heath and Sosefina Fuamoli. Larry, a newer fan, gets all the information from Sose, on the upcoming Doctor Who convention tour around Australia featuring Matt Smith, we look back at the Matt Smith Christmas…

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Marc Fennell on his favourite films of 2013 and plans for The Feed in 2014!

We catch up with the co-host of SBS2’s The Feed, Marc Fennell, to find out his favourite films of 2013 and look forward to an exciting series of The Feed in 2014, where the nightly program will move from 15 minutes to half an hour! ———- This content has recently been ported from its original…

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Oscar Nominations and Predictions: Gravity and American Hustle lead with 10 each

Another year, another set of Oscar nominations. This year, which sees the 86th Academy Awards take place, has provided us with a brilliant list of nominations.Gravity and American Hustle are the big winners here with 10 nominations each, while 12 Years a Slave has gathered 9. Those three films are seen as the frontrunners for Best Picture at this stage, but…

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