Day: 27 May 2025

Pale Jay

Pale Jay kicks off Brisbane’s Open Season with unforgettable finale to Australian debut

On a brisk Brisbane evening a line formed down the block for the opening night of Open Season 2025, one of the city’s most exciting winter festivals. Despite the time reading 7:30pm on a Sunday, punters huddled in the Princess Theatre’s courtyards and bars with a buzz in the air. The occasion? The first Brisbane…

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Faroese singer Eivør returns to Australia in 2026 with special guest Sylvaine (solo)

Following her critically acclaimed performances and a growing global fanbase, Eivør is set to return to Australia next March for a spellbinding tour that promises to be an unforgettable journey through sound, emotion, and atmosphere. Celebrated for her ethereal vocals, genre-defying compositions, and magnetic stage presence, Eivør’s live performances are a fusion of Nordic folk, cinematic…

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Book Review: Lili Wilkinson’s Unhallowed Halls is a tightly plotted and wildly atmospheric dark academia fantasy

Agathion College isn’t the kind of school to offer scholarships. Isolated on a remote Scottish moor it houses the problem children of the rich, powerful, and famous, teaching them philosophy, and the value of the mind over the body. And yet, Page Whittaker is here. Invited by the Archon to join Agathion, all she wants…

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The Penelopiad

Margaret Atwood’s interpretation of The Penelopiad is sympathetically imagined by the UATG

While Homer’s epic of Odysseus leaving his Ithaca home for ten years to fight for Helen’s honour in the Trojan war is well celebrated, what is not so well documented is the story of his devoted wife Penelope who was left behind. Booker Prize-winning author, Margaret Atwood penned the 2005 novella The Penelopiad, which was…

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Holly Cookie Baker photo by Caroline Wall

South Australian singer-songwriter Holly Cookie Baker announces an AUS/NZ tour

After a five-year hiatus, singer / songwriter Holly Cookie Baker is heading off for an extensive Where Do You Go In the Winter tour, taking in several New Zealand and Australian east coast stops. Raised on a sea-side farm in rural South Australia, she honed her country pop writing skills listening to the waves and the…

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