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Comedy festival makes its move on the Town Hall

LENNY ANN LOW After 12 years, the Sydney Comedy Festival is expanding into the Sydney Town Hall.

Ryan Bingham makes country music you can still feel

Country with feeling: Ryan Bingham.

BERNARD ZUEL 12:15am A country songwriter who won't bother with songs about beer, girls and pick-up trucks. He's got more important stuff to talk about.

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Sydney what's on guide: top events for the week from April 17

Luke Mullins stars in <i>Lake Disappointment</i>.

NICOLE ELPHICK 12:15am Top events in Sydney, from a World Voice Day concert to Ice Age Live and a Shakespearean anniversary.

Donald Trump is no laughing matter for Australian comic Jim Jefferies

Jim Jefferies has rankled conservatives in the US.

ELISSA BLAKE 12:15am Jim Jefferies talks jokes, gun control and his spat with Piers Morgan.

Top gigs in Sydney: Montaigne, the Stranglers, David Bowie Tribute, With Confidence, Odesza

The Stranglers, (from left) Baz Warne, Jet Black, Jean-Jacques Burnel and Dave Greenfield, play the Metro on April 17.

Bronwyn Thompson From old-school punks the Stranglers, to bright young thing Montaigne and a tribute to lost legend David Bowie, we have your week in live music covered.

Sydney what's on guide: A week of attractions from April 10

The Gyuto Monks are heading back to Bondi Beach for a fortnight.

NICOLE ELPHICK A week of attractions from Flying Fruit Fly Circus to a boat show and a Crab Carnival.

Laughter is the best medicine for horror-affected Harriet Dyer

Energy: Harriet Dyer says she's a

Harriet Dyer Actress Harriet Dyer tells why her body is confused.

M83's Anthony Gonzalez creates a load of Junk on new album with help from Beck

M83's Anthony Gonzalez:

Louise Schwartzkoff M83's Anthony Gonzalez says his new album "is going to be lost in the mass" but with help from some special guests he has made something that matters to him, and reminds him "of an old radio floating in space".

From online phenomenon to genuine star, Troye Sivan is aiming for pop perfection

Troye Sivan.

BERNARD ZUEL Already keeping company on the charts with some of the biggest names in pop, even as a novice this Australian has plans for bigger and better.

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Top gigs in Sydney: The Bennies, Sarah Blasko, Low, Custard, Daughter

Passionate return: Sarah Blasko plays the Enmore Theatre on April 8.

Bronwyn Thompsopn From Australian favourites Sarah Blasko, Custard and the Bennies to popular new folkies Daughter, we have your week in live music covered.

Middle Australia put under the microscope in The Great Fire

From left, Yalin Ozucelik, Sarah Armanious, and Geoff Morrell in the new play <i>The Great Fire</i>.

ELISSA BLAKE A new play captures the frustration of a generation.

Fun? Food? Films? Your guide to top Sydney attractions for the week from April 3

Opera in the Pub is on April 3.

NICOLE ELPHICK A week's worth of highlight events from ancient treasures to an eat street and opera in a pub.

Top gigs in Sydney: Ian Moss, Blind Boys of Alabama, Jason Isbell, City and Colour, Modern Baseball

City and Colour plays two gigs at the Enmore Theatre on April 4 and 5.

Bronwyn Thompson From an acoustic Ian Moss, to Bluesfest legends the Blind Boys of Alabama and Grammy-winning Alabama crooner Jason Isbell, we have your week in live music covered.

Anthony Warlow is proud Fiddler on the Roof ditches the bells and whistles

Anthony Warlow and Sigrid Thornton play the parents of five daughters.

ELISSA BLAKE This Fiddler on the Roof has unorthodox casting throughout.

What's on: your one-stop guide to Sydney attractions from March 27

Family Bat Night at Centennial Park.

NICOLE ELPHICK Sydney event highlights from an "egg-cellent" Easter hunt to comedy and a one-time Beach Boy.

Playboy Prince Harry experiences life of ordinary people in King Charles III

Richard Glaves (as Prince Harry) with Lucy Phelps in <i>King Charles III</i>.

ELISSA BLAKE Actor Richard Glaves tells what it's like to play the ginger prince on stage.

Sydney's top gigs: Houndmouth, Cold War Kids, Eagles of Death Metal, Decemberists, City Calm Down

Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme from Eagles of Death Metal.

Bronwyn Thompson From indie heroes the Cold War Kids and the Decemberists, to the blues rock of the Eagles of Death Metal, we have your week in live music covered.

Rent revival: Why millennials relate to show's 20-somethings

20th anniversary of the musical Rent.
Pictured are Angelique Cassimatis and Chloe Zuel (jeans).
22nd March 2016.
Photo: Steven Siewert

ELISSA BLAKE It isn't easy to ensure a successful show gets a second life in Sydney's competitive theatre scene. Director Shaun Rennie's production of the rock musical Rent is an exception.

The epic dreams of jazzman Kamasi Washington, and those John Coltrane comparisons

Kamasi Washington's influences range from hip-hop to free-jazz.

Paris Pompor Cosmic saxophonist Kamasi Washington is used to thinking about space.

Turandot princess the embodiment of China, says opera director

The Sydney Harbour set of Turandot is straddled by a dragon  nine metres high and 60 metres long.

ELISSA BLAKE A Puccini opera is more complex than at first it might seem.

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20 things to hear, see and do in Sydney this weekend

From Record Store Day and the films that celebrate vinyl (Pretty in Pink!) to the comedy Hay Faver and a David Bowie tribute show, we have your weekend covered.

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Sydney Writers' Festival 2016

The latest stories, interviews and reviews from this year's literary festival, from May 16-22.