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At Home: Watch, Read, Listen & Play

Have you ever watched this much TV in your life? Read this many books? Listened to this many podcasts?

Us neither, which is why we’ve launched this dedicated entertainment hub. Next time you’re stuck for something to pass a few hours, you might find an answer here, whether it’s a puzzle, board game or TV series. We might recommend the occasional show on Netflix or a new novel, but you can probably find those for yourself. We’re more likely to tell you about a live-stream DJ gig that’s coming up, or a new hard copy magazine that’s available for delivery.

Your Hearing Is Unique – And in 60 Seconds, These Australian-Designed Wireless Earbuds Digitally Adjust to It

Your Hearing Is Unique – And in 60 Seconds, These Australian-Designed Wireless Earbuds Digitally Adjust to It

Hear your favourite songs in a whole new way with Nuratrue wireless earbuds, a follow-up to the groundbreaking Nuraphone and its “personalised sound”. The lightweight buds offer six hours of constant use, active noise cancelling and a decent waterproof rating.

Sydney Theatre Company Announces the First Act of Its Buoyant 2022 Season

Sydney Theatre Company Announces the First Act of Its Buoyant 2022 Season

The return of the sell-out Picture of Dorian Gray, drag superstar Courtney Act in her STC debut, and the first trans love story to appear on an Australian mainstage.

The MCA’s First Post-Lockdown Blockbuster, Doug Aitken: New Era, Opens Tomorrow

The MCA’s First Post-Lockdown Blockbuster, Doug Aitken: New Era, Opens Tomorrow

Horses and owls reside in nondescript US hotel rooms, a crater of milky water emerges from the gallery floor and a series of sculptural objects are sunk below the ocean’s surface in this large-scale, immersive survey of the contemporary artist’s 25-year career.

Sugar Republic – an Immersive, Nostalgic Celebration of Your Favourite Childhood Lollies – Is Returning to Sydney

Sugar Republic – an Immersive, Nostalgic Celebration of Your Favourite Childhood Lollies – Is Returning to Sydney

Spread over two floors, this immersive experience is dedicated to Bubble O’Bill, Allen’s lollies, marshmallows and classic Aussie biscuits. Plus, an interactive space designed by DJ, presenter and entrepreneur Flex Mami, and free lollies and ice-cream.

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Park your car and catch flicks you’ve been hanging to see at the cinema, including Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and Black Widow. Plus, all-you-can-eat pizza. It’s the most Covid-safe cinema experience in town.

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The Barangaroo precinct has worked with Sydney dancer and choreographer Christopher Jhureea and filmmaker Billy Zammit to evoke the isolation of the past few months.

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We’re taking chilly dips in public pools, continuing our picnic rampages and dipping a toe into returning to restaurants and the theatre.

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The decade-old institution has a 25,000-strong collection of films you won’t find on streaming platforms. And it could be yours.

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It’ll restart its 2021 season with Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, followed by Arthur Miller’s mid-century tragedy Death of a Salesman.

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Australia’s Hamilton Production Has Announced Its Post-Lockdown Return to Sydney

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And tickets for the show’s final few months will be released on Friday. Be in the room where it happens.

Part Puzzle Game, Part Scavenger Hunt, Part Movie – Isklander Is the Online Adventure Game That’s Totally Worth the Extra Screen Time

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Zoom trivia nights have their charm, but have you tried solving the mysterious murder of Ivy Isklander from home with your friends on the line, the clock ticking and countless Google Maps tabs open? It’s a thrilling new experience blending theatre, film and gaming that you’ll want to see through to the end.

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Designed for adults who’ve never spent much time playing with Lego bricks, the three-set collection includes a bonsai tree, a knee-high bird of paradise tree and a bunch of pretty flowers ready to be placed in your favourite vase. And with 756 pieces in the smallest set, you’re guaranteed plenty of mindful play.

Editor’s Picks: The Best Things to Do (At Home) in Sydney in September

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Chugging Negronis, doing everything in our lives online, and some interstate love are all on the menu this month.

The Winner of the Archibald Prize’s People’s Choice Award Has Been Announced

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A haunting self-portrait painted during Victoria’s 2020 lockdown has struck a chord with the exhibition’s audience.

Keep Those Pages Turning: Sydney Bookstores Delivering and Offering Click-and-Collect During Lockdown

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Whether you’re missing libraries or have exhausted your next-to-bed stack, these locals will cure your literary cravings. Some offer next-day delivery, others personalised recommendations and heat-at-home meals and lots of them are doing free shipping.

Be Kind, Rewind: Randwick’s Ritz Cinema Has Set Up a “Video Store” So You Can Borrow DVDs and VHS Tapes

Be Kind, Rewind: Randwick’s Ritz Cinema Has Set Up a “Video Store” So You Can Borrow DVDs and VHS Tapes

The makeshift lending library is taking locals back to afternoons browsing the video-rental store for that night’s at-home viewing.

Bored with Lockdown, a Top Aussie Chef Is Now Curating Natural-Wine-and-Record Bundles

Bored with Lockdown, a Top Aussie Chef Is Now Curating Natural-Wine-and-Record Bundles

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Four to Try: Sydney Independent Cinemas Screening Blockbusters and Classics Online

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Grab some microwave popcorn and catch new releases, golden-age Hollywood blockbusters, film festival favourites and Aussie classics, all at home.

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Broadsheet’s Reading List: 12 Books We Couldn’t Put Down This Year

Looking for a good read? Here are the page-turners that have kept us captivated in 2021 (so far), including a gripping thriller about race and class, an insightful memoir about growing up in a Mormon fundamentalist community, a laugh-a-minute account of millennial life, and a beautifully written story of a hoarder trying to find companionship through objects.

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Paramount+ launched today with a heady mix of classic movies, smashable TV and new content – from a doco about Madonna to new Australian drama Spreadsheet.

Colournary Magazine Is a New Publication Championing First Nations, Black and POC Chefs, Writers and Creatives

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The first 60-page print issue features recipes from Armenian-Australian chef Tom Sarafian and Filipino gelato maven John Rivera, plus an interview with Indigenous chef-restaurateur Nornie Bero of Mabu Mabu – and you can learn all about the intricacies of nasi goreng.

Bored of Your Music Selection? Here are 11 Newish Artists to Add To Your WFH or Office Playlists

Bored of Your Music Selection? Here are 11 Newish Artists to Add To Your WFH or Office Playlists

Including homegrown hip-hop and R’n’B artists, overseas post-punk and brooding pop bands, plus that psychedelic-disco dude who lent his voice to a track from the Avalanches last year.

With His New Cookbook, Josh Niland Continues His Mission To Show There’s More Than Just Two Fillets to a Fish

With His New Cookbook, Josh Niland Continues His Mission To Show There’s More Than Just Two Fillets to a Fish

The pioneering pescatarian-protein lover uses 15 varieties of fish to show how people can transform even the oddest bits into amazing dishes. His new book, Take One Fish: The New School of Scale-to-Tail Cooking and Eating, also includes 60 fun recipes.

Piece Together Some of Sydney’s Most Iconic Beaches With These 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzles From a Sydney Gallery

Piece Together Some of Sydney’s Most Iconic Beaches With These 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzles From a Sydney Gallery

They feature aerial shots of Bondi, Bronte and Sydney Harbour – and “they’re very challenging”, says their maker.

Eight To Try: Online Classes and DIY Kits To Keep Your Hands and Mind Busy

Eight To Try: Online Classes and DIY Kits To Keep Your Hands and Mind Busy

Give your Netflix subscription a break (and stop doomscrolling social media) and shape some clay, make your own terrarium or even whip up some cheese at home.

Where’s the MSG? Youtube Character Uncle Roger Reviews Nat’s What I Reckon’s Egg Fried Rice

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Here Are All the Fresh Films and Shows You Should Be Streaming This September

Here Are All the Fresh Films and Shows You Should Be Streaming This September

Looking for new TV or a movie binge? These are the best new additions to streaming services for September.

“Stillness, Quiet and Peace”: A Sydney Photographer Has Captured the Opera House in Its Past Few Months of Solitude

“Stillness, Quiet and Peace”: A Sydney Photographer Has Captured the Opera House in Its Past Few Months of Solitude

The iconic building has been closed since March – the longest period in 45 years – but that doesn’t mean it’s been empty.

Australia’s Lennox Hastie Stars in Netflix’s New Four-Part Chef’s Table Series on Barbeque

Australia’s Lennox Hastie Stars in Netflix’s New Four-Part Chef’s Table Series on Barbeque

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The Avalanches and Attica’s Ben Shewry Are Throwing a Free Virtual Dance Party for Melbourne – And All Aussies Are Invited

The Avalanches and Attica’s Ben Shewry Are Throwing a Free Virtual Dance Party for Melbourne – And All Aussies Are Invited

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A Sydney Theatre Company Is Delivering a Season of Free Plays to You Via Text Message

A Sydney Theatre Company Is Delivering a Season of Free Plays to You Via Text Message

Q Theatre’s latest production, Short Message Service, sees emerging and established writers compose plays around the theme of “intimacy”. Each “play” begins at 6pm on Fridays and you don’t even need to leave the house.

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Bask in pop-culture fandom with these 500-piece puzzles illustrated by an Australian artist.

What to Watch Right Now: Actors, Directors, Comedians and Culture-Makers Share Their Picks

What to Watch Right Now: Actors, Directors, Comedians and Culture-Makers Share Their Picks

Who better to get TV tips from than those in the entertainment biz? They’re watching ego-driven American chefs make too much ceviche, a show so beautiful it will turn you into a “weeping mess”, and a grizzly murder thriller set on the coast – and you should too.

First He Cast Alec Baldwin and Rose Byrne in Plays, Now Director Andrew Henry Has Tapped A Sydney Actor for a New Australian Performance

First He Cast Alec Baldwin and Rose Byrne in Plays, Now Director Andrew Henry Has Tapped A Sydney Actor for a New Australian Performance

For five nights Schmitz will perform on a stage empty but for nine cameras. The Pulitzer Prize-nominated play has been described as “a small masterpiece”.

Bid on Artwork From Australia’s Most Acclaimed Contemporary Artists and Help Keep Sydney Community Radio Alive

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The fourth FBi art auction includes works from luminaries such as Tony Albert, Mike Parr, Janet Laurence and Lindy Lee.

Eight Lockdown Playlists for When You’re Feeling Pensive, Pent-Up or Ready to Party

Eight Lockdown Playlists for When You’re Feeling Pensive, Pent-Up or Ready to Party

We asked Wax’o Paradiso’s Edd Fisher to introduce us to the best playlists to emerge from lockdown. Whether you want to impress your colleagues with new music at virtual knock-offs, dance around the kitchen to ’60s French hits or listen in on someone’s musical quarantine diary, we’ve got tracks for you.

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“I hope people get a moment of bliss and joy, and don’t forget us.”

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Sydney’s Only Drive-in Cinema Has Reopened – and It’s Screening Some Absolute Bangers

Enjoy films such as Grease, The Goonies, Frozen 2 and Joker from the comfort of your own car.

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Former DJ and Sneaky Sound System frontman Daimon Downey invites us inside his Bondi art studio to talk about his striking new work. His exhibition might have been a covid casualty, but he’s taken it digital, and is having lots of fun with it.

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Binge Lords, Project Queens and Captain Domestics: The People We Became in Isolation

Coronavirus has changed all of us in strange, unpredictable ways. But some common personas have emerged. In this one-off illustrated series by Struthless in collaboration with Broadsheet, we identify five new species of iso-human. See someone you know?

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Eight Grown-Up Games That Can Be Played at a Safe Distance

We asked an Aussie game designer for his faves. There are brand-new games; cheeky updates on classics (including an extreme version of Guess Who with a table-tennis ball and no guessing); and free – actually fun – games you can play with mates online.

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A Melbourne Animation Studio Has Created a Range of Diabolical Puzzles With Transparent Pieces

Say goodbye to the corner-piece anchor with Yelldesign’s “entry-level” circular puzzle. Then say goodbye to your sanity trying to assemble a puzzle that resembles shattered glass.

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A Rooftop Drive-In Is Coming to Sydney

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The Best Board Games For Every Situation

With most of the country hunkering down at home, there’s never been a better time to get into gaming. Here are some titles worth tracking down, including one that’s over in 15 minutes, one that takes all day and another you can even play solo. Plus, a pertinent classic in which players have to contain a global pandemic.

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Just Do It: Leading Australian Creatives Invite You to Take Part in an Interactive Art Project

Each Wednesday for three weeks, influential artists such as Tracey Moffatt, Sydney Dance Company’s Rafael Bonachela and florist Saskia Havekes set a task – all you have to do is create whatever you want.

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“People need that connection, need this sort of platonic, physical, naked art action.” Applications for Tunick’s latest project are now open – and Australia’s the first country in the world to get the call-up.

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Editor’s Picks: The Best Things to Do (at Home) in Sydney in May

Get raclette, fondue and 1.5-kilo wheels of cheese delivered. Pose nude online (for art), grab a last-minute gift for mum and read the Aussie book of the year. Plus the best new takeaway options from Merivale, Lankan Filing Station, Pizza Madre and more.

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Sad About Missing Sydney’s Writers’ Festival This Year? Read Your Way Through It Instead

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Nine to Try: Get Your Art-and-Craft On With These Online Workshops, DIY Kits and More

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Sydney’s MCA Launches Your MCA, a Huge Free Online Arts Program for Kids and Adults

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Going to the Gallery: How the Art Gallery of NSW Took a Popular Photography Exhibition Online for the Coronavirus Era

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The Opera House Has Launched a Digital Season to Replace Live Events During Lockdown, and It’s All Free

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Recipe: Davidson’s-Plum-Glazed Lamb Ribs From Culinary Duo Analiese Gregory and Clayton Wells

Recipe: Davidson’s-Plum-Glazed Lamb Ribs From Culinary Duo Analiese Gregory and Clayton Wells

Recipe: A Peppery Native Ingredient-Driven Dressing for Fresh Oysters

Recipe: A Peppery Native Ingredient-Driven Dressing for Fresh Oysters

Recipe: Chase Kojima’s Oyster Vinaigrette (and How to Shuck)

Recipe: Chase Kojima’s Oyster Vinaigrette (and How to Shuck)

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