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The Craziest shows from 20 years of Sydney Festivals

Ron Mueck: Mask II

First published for the 2018 Sydney Festival. Just over 15 years ago in a huge hall in Moore Park, a Spanish man covered in blood screamed in my face while swinging a huge sword over his head.  He was Macbeth, King of Scotland, and he was in a rage, wrenching his body and howling in…

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Hot brown honey

Hot Brown hone

Hot Brown Honey: new wave of First Nations artists tell their story in new ways A new wave of First Nations performers storming the barriers of discrimination and telling their story in new ways.

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No Laughing matter

Rhys Nicholson credit Tamara Dean

Sad clown: No laughing matter There is a common belief that comedians are funny to escape their sadness; that often, behind the jokes, pratfalls and silly voices, there hides a depressed, tortured clown, squeezing laughs from audiences in an attempt to evade crippling melancholia.

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