UPU are a collective based in New Zealand who aim to create more opportunities for Pacific performing artists by making contemporary, Pacific centred works for both stage and screen. UPU, meaning ‘word’, in many different languages of the Pacific Islands, brings together the voices of those living among the islands of the Pacific Ocean, also…
Read moreThe hugely popular comedy streaming service Dropout has just announced plans to tour Australia and New Zealand in 2026 for the Dropout Improv tour. Dropout has quickly become one of the most popular comedy streaming platforms, producing original series that the fans know and love such as Very Important People, Game Changer, and the hugely…
Read moreCelebrating its 40th anniversary, CATS, the record-breaking stage musical from Andrew Lloyd Webber, is set to tour Australia from June 2025. Starting its season at the Theatre Royal in Sydney, CATS will then move on to Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide from 20 September and to Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne from 21 December. A Perth…
Read moreAussie Indie Artists is a Q&A series with smaller Aussie creators that shares exciting new works, finds new angles towards the art, and peeks behind the scenes. Faces, and colours, and abstractions, and feelings meld together in Magali Feuga’s work. Somehow, they look both freeform and intricate – it’s a delicate balance, with the weaving…
Read moreMafia: The Old Country might be out in just a few months, but we only just got our first proper gameplay trailer. Set in Sicily during the early 1900’s, this newest trailer shows off more gunplay, traversal, and the beautiful environments which highlight the Sicilian landscapes and villages. Players take control of Enzo, a young…
Read moreA dark twisted thriller in the same vein as Se7en and Untraceable, DarkGame is an unsettling feature surrounding a determined detective (Ed Westwick) in a race against time to stop a sadistic game show on the dark web, where captives are forced to compete for their lives and the losers are executed via live broadcast. For…
Read moreThis week we have added ten more tracks to our Discovery playlist on Apple Music and Spotify, including two tracks we had premieres for earlier in the week. Our track of the week goes to Naarm’s Terra Rouge with her new track, “Kissing Girls”. “Kissing Girls” is full-on catchy – a singalong, dancealong, scream into…
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