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Sydney Morning Herald
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
June will not be beach weather for Sydney. Here's what you should do instead
With wet weather constantly popping up on the daily forecast, there's no need to let it be a dampener on your social schedule. Sydney's arts and culture scene has plenty of hot-ticket indoor events that don't require gumboots, an umbrella or an impossible-to-refold rain poncho. Check out our guide to the best indoor music gigs, theatre shows, exhibitions, performances and festivals happening in June, all of which will keep spirits soaring even as the rain falls. Titanic. The Human Story Walsh Bay Arts Precinct Pier 2/3, until July 6 History buffs (or fans of James Cameron's 1997 romantic blockbuster) can get up close and personal with the tragedy of the Titanic at a month-long exhibition that has already toured the United States and Britain featuring 200 objects and personal artefacts from passengers and crew members. There is a detailed recreation of the ship's interior from first class to third class that visitors can walk through, while an audio guide lets listeners be completely encompassed by the stories of those who were onboard. Japanese Breakfast Sydney Opera House, June 3 There are still a few seats left to catch Japanese Breakfast, the musical project of songwriter Michelle Zauner, as the Grammy-nominated indie pop outfit hit town for a Vivid gig. The multi-talented Zauner also found massive success with her bestselling 2021 memoir, Crying In H Mart, but is now back focusing on music with the band's most recent album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women), receiving rave reviews for a more mature sound when it dropped earlier this year. Sydney Film Festival Various locations, June 4-15 Cinephiles will be out in full force guzzling popcorn and bathing in the big-screen glow as the film festival takes over Sydney's movie theatres. The buzziest titles on this year's program include the Australian premieres for Ari Aster's straight-from-Cannes flick Eddington, with Joaquin Phoenix starring opposite Pedro Pascal, and Kelly Reichardt's art heist drama The Mastermind. But with more than 200 films from 70 countries on the timetable, there is plenty to choose from whatever one's taste. Illume Sydney Opera House, June 4-14 Bangarra Dance Theatre reveals the world premiere of its first visual arts collaboration as Mirning choreographer and Bangarra artistic director Frances Rings and Goolarrgon Bard visual artist Darrell Sibosado merge their creative forces for what should prove an enlightening alliance. The new work Illume explores how the life-sustaining phenomena of light has been woven into Indigenous cultural existence and how light pollution has disrupted that connection.
The Age
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
June will not be beach weather for Sydney. Here's what you should do instead
With wet weather constantly popping up on the daily forecast, there's no need to let it be a dampener on your social schedule. Sydney's arts and culture scene has plenty of hot-ticket indoor events that don't require gumboots, an umbrella or an impossible-to-refold rain poncho. Check out our guide to the best indoor music gigs, theatre shows, exhibitions, performances and festivals happening in June, all of which will keep spirits soaring even as the rain falls. Titanic. The Human Story Walsh Bay Arts Precinct Pier 2/3, until July 6 History buffs (or fans of James Cameron's 1997 romantic blockbuster) can get up close and personal with the tragedy of the Titanic at a month-long exhibition that has already toured the United States and Britain featuring 200 objects and personal artefacts from passengers and crew members. There is a detailed recreation of the ship's interior from first class to third class that visitors can walk through, while an audio guide lets listeners be completely encompassed by the stories of those who were onboard. Japanese Breakfast Sydney Opera House, June 3 There are still a few seats left to catch Japanese Breakfast, the musical project of songwriter Michelle Zauner, as the Grammy-nominated indie pop outfit hit town for a Vivid gig. The multi-talented Zauner also found massive success with her bestselling 2021 memoir, Crying In H Mart, but is now back focusing on music with the band's most recent album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women), receiving rave reviews for a more mature sound when it dropped earlier this year. Sydney Film Festival Various locations, June 4-15 Cinephiles will be out in full force guzzling popcorn and bathing in the big-screen glow as the film festival takes over Sydney's movie theatres. The buzziest titles on this year's program include the Australian premieres for Ari Aster's straight-from-Cannes flick Eddington, with Joaquin Phoenix starring opposite Pedro Pascal, and Kelly Reichardt's art heist drama The Mastermind. But with more than 200 films from 70 countries on the timetable, there is plenty to choose from whatever one's taste. Illume Sydney Opera House, June 4-14 Bangarra Dance Theatre reveals the world premiere of its first visual arts collaboration as Mirning choreographer and Bangarra artistic director Frances Rings and Goolarrgon Bard visual artist Darrell Sibosado merge their creative forces for what should prove an enlightening alliance. The new work Illume explores how the life-sustaining phenomena of light has been woven into Indigenous cultural existence and how light pollution has disrupted that connection.
