I love Sydney in January. There’s that post-holiday glow that still remains, the exceptional beach weather (between torrential downpours), and then there’s the festivals and gigs.

One of the great pleasures of my job is getting to photograph those festivals, the biggest and most diverse of which is Sydney Festival. I love it because i see things i wouldn’t normally. Like a German language performance of Hamlet, a dance work with puppets or 40 odd Rajasthani musicians performing in stacked up red boxes.

Here’s some of the photos i took for Time Out Sydney.

The Rogues Gallery chorus

Dark Matters

Vieux Farka Touré

Grizzly Bear

Al Green performs at Festival First Night

The Manganiyar Seduction

Hamlet

Hamlet

Sydney Festival director Lindy Hume

Summer Sounds in the Domain