If you’ve been following Ruby TV for a while, you would remember my visits to Venustus, the incredible day spa and body lab in Paddington, Sydney. The last trip was for an out -of-this-world ‘Om’… High Definition at Venustus
Last week, in a lane way cafe in Sydney by the Basement in Circular Quay, I met Louis Upton, the editor of The Ruby Connection, ‘women coming together to connect, share and inspire’. She asked me to… The Ruby Connection
With the feel of Soho and the flavour of heaven, Grandma’s is a basement Sydney bar that warms the heart. Winner of Time Out Best Small Bar, the Clarence St cocktail haunt bills itself adorably as… Grandma’s Bar Sydney
Kimberley Rossi Photo Daniel Boud Circa, the Brisbane based contemporary circus company, is currently playing at The Sydney Opera House drama theatre with their show Wunderkammer, which means sparkler. And spark it certainly does. This… Wunderkammer at The Sydney Opera House
La Soirée is the hottest cabaret ticket in Sydney this summer and you should book a ticket before it sells out. Basically La Clique taken out of the Spiegeltent, though with mostly the same faces… La hottest Soirée in Sydney
What a weekend! Hurly Burly’s burlesque darling Polly Rae performs at the Factory and the Sydney Festival explodes across Sydney with free events such as Norman Jay playin tunes from a double decker bus in Hyde… This Weekend in Sydney: from Polly Rae to Manu Chau; Fairy beach to Performance Carnivale
If you’re in Sydney, don’t miss the hilarious and talented Vashti Hughes in her …one woman show. It’s historic, theatrical and bound to be thoroughly entertaining. Wish I were there. You’ll all have to… Vashti Hughes’ historic and gripping Sydney show now playing!
It was Imogen Kelly who gave me one of my very first professional cabaret gigs. She was hosting a circus themed variety show in a tent at Bondi beach for the Sydney Fringe and her… Imogen Kelly and star studded line-up tonight in Sydney at 34B
Backstage encounters can lead to lovely discoveries. Recently backstage at The Curtain variety show, a belle brunette asked me if she could borrow a glove as she seemed to be missing one and was about to… Sarina’s Parisian Nights- In Sydney!
(Photo- Cathy Kirkpatrick) I must have first met Mikelangelo at the Spiegeltent in Melbourne and, from hazy memory, there was some tapping invovled with his Black Sea Gentlemen. His southern European charmer character was already a star and women you wouldn’t expect,… Mikelangelo and his Tin Stars
The Two Faces of Slide I first met Claire de Lune several years ago after a Saturday night waitressing shift at a friend’s restaurant, Tharon’s in King’s Cross (no doubt in a money making spurt to… Ruby TV reminisces Claire and meets Marc at SLIDE, Sydney’s coolest cabaret venue
From warehouse apartments to café-church performance venues and inner city bars, Arthaus, the brainchild of dancer/choreographer Paul Cordeiro, is making the leap into a traditional theatre space at the Parramatta Riverside this Saturday night. Cordeiro… Paul Cordeiro’s Arthaus goes Riverside this Saturday
Six Quick Chicks is a collective of quality cabaret femmes presenting engaging, compelling and intelligent performance in a vaudeville style atmosphere. On Saturday 19th Feb the line-up was fine and wonderfully suited to Marrickville’s gorgeous… Six Skilled and Engaging Chicks
Ruby TV talks with Sheena Miss Demeanour about A Velvet Affair – a cabaret/burlesque/variety night not to be missed this Friday night at The Supper Club as part of the Sydney Mardi Gras festival season. How… A Velvet Affair
Feel like a bit of a dance Friday night? Twist and Shout is produced by Dylan Behan from Banana Report fame (don’t read it? you should! archived here). I worked with Dylan back in the day of the Brag… Tone up with the Sydney Twist