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REVIEW: Casey Donovan’s ‘Irresistible’ Sydney Festival Performance
At 33, Casey Donovan is at the top of her game. Her vocal range is jaw dropping. She sings soulfully to the heavens with the force of an entire gospel choir. She boogies with such delight that the urge to dance is almost irresistible (current NSW restrictions during the peak of a pandemic not withstanding). […]
REVIEW: The James Morrison Quartet with William Barton
If you don’t know who James Morrison is, you don’t know about jazz. For decades he has been one of Australia’s leading jazz musicians. And he plays a mean trumpet. A childhood prodigy who grew up on Sydney’s Northern Beaches during the 1970s, Morrison has performed with some of the world’s most famous jazz musicians […]
REVIEW: La Bohème by Puccini
If you have never seen Gale Edwards’ popular production of La Bohème, this is your last chance. For over a decade Edward’s interpretation of Puccini’s much-loved classic has been a quintessential part of summer in Sydney. Nestled between fireworks on the harbour and the Sydney Festival’s artistic smorgasbord, the show has been thrilling audiences since 2011. This season will […]
REVIEW: Circa’s Peepshow
The promotional materials for Circa’s Peepshow promise a steamy, burlesque night at the Sydney Opera House. What Circa, the world renowned, Brisbane based performance company, delivers is somewhat less risqué. Seven talented, and incredibly flexible performers dangle, contort and hurl themselves across the stage with breathtaking grace. Under the masterful direction of Yaron Lifschitz the […]
Twenty-five years of printing the news and raising hell
By Lawrence Gibbons The first edition of the City Hub was published 25 years ago this week. That same month, in August 1995 Bill Gates launched Internet Explorer, one of the world’s first web browsers. Since then, access to the world wide web has revolutionised the way news is delivered and has all but obliterated […]
REVIEW: Don Giovanni
Mozart’s classic opera Don Giovanni takes on added resonance in the wake of the Me Too movement. Don Giovanni translated into Spanish means Don Juan. The libretto tells the timeless tale of a licentious lord who seduces, entraps and manhandles a host of women. This season’s production of Mozart’s masterpiece casts the Italian Baritone Luca […]
REVIEW: La Bohème
Opera Australia’s summer season staging of La Bohème is a multi-cultural affair. Beneath Chinese and English subtitles, two phenomenal Asian born opera stars perform Puccini’s famous arias with breathtaking artistry. Australian-Chinese tenor Kang Wang’s portrayal of the love-struck poet Rodolfo is mesmerising. His performance ranks him as one of the world’s best tenors today. He is […]
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We publish two established inner city media outlets: the Star Observer and the City Hub. The Star Observer is Australia's oldest and largest LGBTQI publication, targeting inner Sydney and inner Melbourne in print and nationally online. The City Hub is inner Sydney's oldest independent weekly newspaper and website offering hip and irreverent news and arts […]
The City Hub celebrates its birthday with a new website
By Lawrence Gibbons To mark the 24th anniversary of the City Hub we have launched a new website: cityhubsydney.com.au. The old Altmedia website has given way to a revamped site with the same alternative inner-city news, independent views and cutting-edge arts and entertainment reviews you have come to expect over the years. A lot has […]
WestCONnex: utopia or dystopia?
By Peter Hehir Are the Australian Labor Party really the saviours that some who oppose WestConnex believe them to be? Whilst it’s true that they are the only organisation that could put a stop to the insanity, if they choose to, the obvious question is; will they? They support WestConnex. They always have. For most […]
