Unbroken is being filmed currently in Sydney's Pitt Street directly outside Metro Hotel on Pitt.
Unbroken is a chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
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Thursday, November 21, 2013
Angelina Jolie Sydney Film Shoot "Unbroken" - Pitt Street Image Set (Outside Metro Hotel on Pitt)
Filming has begun on Angelina Jolie's first movie as director - Unbroken
Unbroken is being filmed currently in Sydney's Pitt Street directly outside Metro Hotel on Pitt.
Unbroken is a chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
Unbroken is being filmed currently in Sydney's Pitt Street directly outside Metro Hotel on Pitt.
Unbroken is a chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
Sydney Festival 2014 FREE Events
Metro Hotels have partnered up with Sydney Festival 2014 to celebrate a summer of art, fun, shows and exhibitions all around Sydney.
The best of our city is back with a vengeance as Sydney Festival returns to its favourite indoor and outdoor venues throughout Sydney and beyond to present a huge and diverse program of free events. Comprised of 104 events, a staggering 21 are free in the 2014 Festival.
There’s no better way to get into the swing of summer in Sydney than by enjoying a free outdoor concert in the heart of the city, with 60,000 of your closest friends. Headlining Summer Sounds in The Domain and our opening weekend celebrations in style is the disco queen, Chaka Khan. Join us in a singalong extravaganza of hits spanning from the early 70s right up until the present day.
Bring the whole family and catch some of the Festival’s hottest acts free on January 10!
At Sydney Festival 2013, Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman’s 15-metre high yellow Rubber Duck made quite the splash in Darling Harbour, so we’ve brought it back. Parramatta residents and visitors are invited to Parramatta Park to get up-close-and-personal with Sydney’s favourite five-storey yellow bird.
Merchants Store may look like an ordinary 19th century Sydney building from afar, until you spot the people dangling from the windows, climbing up the walls and crawling on the roof…The life-size building façade is overshadowed by a giant mirror positioned at a precise 45 degree angle to the ground allowing the general public to play on the building layout, marvelling at their gravity-defying tricks and newfound ability to scale walls and perch on the rooftop.
Taking over a third of our newly expanded Festival Village in Hyde Park, Sacrilege, will be enjoyed equally by kids and kids at heart. Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller’s life-size bouncy castle version of Stonehenge has delighted kids of all ages around the UK, and is heading down under for Sydney Festival 2014. Boxwars will also bring its elaborate cardboard battalion to Festival Village to present hands-on workshops for kids of all ages.
Immersive installations will pop up across the city during the 2014 Festival including free events FUNPARK and The Very Near Future. The amusement parks that once graced Mount Druitt are long gone, but in January we will be welcoming back the crowds in the serious-minded fun of FUNPARK, whilst at Artspace The Very Near Future will find you in the backlot with the cast and crew of a film noir in the making.
Inviting you to explore the idea that all human life is the result of chance, Christian Boltanski presents his first major Australian installation, Chance. Responding to the architecture and scale of Carriageworks, this immense and complex installation allows you to witness lives unfolding, following the rhythm of births and deaths across the globe.
Here is the list of amazing FREE events to enjoy:
Boxwars (Australia)
Festival Village, Sunday 12 - Friday 17 January from 10am–2pm (closed Monday 13 January)
FREE, suitable for all ages
www.sydneyfestival.org.au/box
Chance | Christian Boltanski (France)
Festival Village, Friday 10, Friday 17 & Friday 24 January at 11.30pm
FREE, 18+
Donny Benét & The Donny Benét Show Band (Australia)
Festival Village, Friday 10, Friday 17 & Friday 24 January at 11.30pm
FREE, 18+
Ferrython
Sydney Harbour, Sunday 26 January at 11am
FREE
FUNPARK (Australia)
Bidwell Shopping Plaza, Carlisle Avenue, Bidwell, 18 & 19 January from 6pm
FREE
Merchants Park | Leandro Erlich (Argentina)
Darling Harbour, 9-23 January 9am-9pm daily
FREE
Paradiso Lates
Sydney Town Hall, 16-18, 22-25 January at 11.30pm, 19 & 26 January at 10.30pm
FREE, 18+
Project 28 : Roman Ondak (Slovakia)
Parramatta Town Hall, 10 January 10am-10pm, 11-24 January 10am-6pm
FREE
POP 2014
Parramatta City Streets and Parks, Friday 10 January 6-11pm
FREE
Rubber Duck | Florentijn Hofman (Netherlands)
Parramatta River in Parramatta Park, 10-19 January
FREE
Sacrilege | Jeremy Deller (UK)
Festival Village, Preview: 8 January 5-9pm, Season: 9-26 January, 9am-9pm
Except Baby Bounce and Accessibility Sessions: 14 & 21 January, 9-10am
Closed Mondays
FREE, suitable for all ages
Sky Terrace
The Star Event Centre, 9-26 January 6pm-late daily
FREE
Summer Sounds in the Domain | Chaka Khan (US)
The Domain, Saturday 11 January at 8pm
FREE
Symphony in the Domain
The Domain, Sunday 26 January at 8pm
FREE
The Very Near Future
ARTSPACE, 16 January-16 February 11am-5pm (Closed Mondays & 26 January)
FREE
To view each act in detail, please visit Sydney Festival's website: http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2014/
Staying in Sydney for the 2014 Sydney Festival? Metro Hotels has got you covered, no matter where you want to stay in the city.
As a partner of the Sydney Festival, we have created hotels packages:
Staying in Sydney for the 2014 Sydney Festival? Metro Hotels has got you covered, no matter where you want to stay in the city.
As a partner of the Sydney Festival, we have created hotels packages:
- Aspire - Sydney Festival special package: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/329
- Central Sydney Festival special package: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/328
- Pitt St Sydney Festival special package: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/330
- DH Sydney Festival special package: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/331
Angelina Jolie in Sydney
Angelina Jolie is in Sydney to direct her new film (without Brad Pitt). Shooting will take place in front of Metro Hotel on Pitt (300 Pitt Street, Sydney) today at 11am.
However, guests will still be able to come in and out of the hotel during filming - but some may be escorted to prevent disruptions to filming.
However, guests will still be able to come in and out of the hotel during filming - but some may be escorted to prevent disruptions to filming.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Celtic Women - Live In Concert Australia
With the Sydney show date re-scheduled, our four lovely, warm, strong and very gifted celestial sirens are sure to deliver a stunning evening performance combined with the sounds and sensibility blended with breath-taking renditions of contemporary ballads alongside traditional music from the Emerald Isle.
Along with the distinct musical direction of Emmy® nominated musical producer, David Downes, the 2014 tour will feature a new stage production and the return of such enduring fan favourites as “You Raise Me Up” and “Orinoco Flow”.
Earlier this year, “Celtic Woman” vocalists Lisa Lambe, Susan McFadden and Celtic violinist Máiréad Nesbitt welcomed new addition - singer Máiréad Carlin - a talented young native of Derry in Ireland who already possesses a prestigious musical resume that includes performing at the 2013 BBC TV Gala concert "Sons and Daughters," a UK and Ireland concert tour with Don McLean and performing for the President of Ireland.
As a further highlight of this tour, “Celtic Woman” will be joined by 50 bright young stars from the Australian Girl’s Choir. Known the country and indeed the world over for their angelic voices, the AGC is our country's leading performing arts organisation for girls and currently have over 4,000 choristers in training. They have performed at many memorable events including World Reconciliation Day for Nelson Mandela, Ellen DeGeneres’ welcome party, Queen Elizabeth II and President Barack Obama during official functions at Parliament House, Canberra.
The return visit to Sydney of “Celtic Woman” is sure to be an uplifting mix of timeless tradition and contemporary craft, transcending national and cultural borders to touch the hearts of a very devoted international fan base.
Ticketed Start Time 7.30pm
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Fri 17 January 2014
Starts at 7:30 PM
Thursday, November 14, 2013
2014 Sydney Festival - Metro Hotels Accommodation Partner
Metro Hotels is an official Accommodation Partner of the 2014 Sydney Festival.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Netball World Championships to Complete Trifecta of Major Events in Sydney in 2015
SYDNEY will be sport central in 2015, with a world netball championship to be played in front of world record crowds completing a trifecta of major events to be hosted by the Olympic city in 2015.
SYDNEY will be sport central in 2015, with a world netball championship to be played in front of world record crowds completing a trifecta of major events to be hosted by the Olympic city in 2015.
Sydney will host Asian Cup games, which include the decider at Stadium Australia, and ICC Cricket World Cup matches in February/March with the world netball championships to be played from August 7-16.
These three international showcase events will be complemented by regular Sydney sporting events such as State of Origin rugby league, the Golden Slipper, the annual ANZAC DAY test between the Dragons and Roosters and the Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Boxing Day.
Yesterday tournament officials confirmed netball fans will be delivered more games and better quality matches than ever before at a world championship event.
The tournament, where Australian and New Zealand will clash early in the tournament instead of just in the decider thanks to a format revamp, will also be played at the biggest stadium in the championships history with Allphones Arena at Sydney Olympic Park able to host around 17,000 fans.
"They will be world record crowd I am certain,'' said Netball Australia boss Kate Palmer who helped formulate the new format which will pit top teams against each other in both the rounds and the finals series for the first time.
Michelle den Dekker, the last captain to lead an Australian team to victory at home, said the win back in 1991 remains a highlight of her career.
"I can still remember the noise from our final. You seriously couldn't hear a thing,'' said den Dekker of Australia's one-goal win over New Zealand at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
When den Dekker was in charge she and her teammates earned around $8.40 a day as top netballers, lived in a Sydney university dormitory, ate meals in a cafeteria and functioned without a team doctor, nutritionist or psychologist.
When de Dekker, now the Australian assistant coach, is next involved in a home challenge in 2015 players and team staff will stay in a five-star hotel, have access to the best technical and medical resources available to elite athletes and be watched by a record crowd of around 17,000.
And while things have changed for the better in terms of funding, backing and general support for netball since the last event in 1991, den Dekker is still hoping for the same result as Australia achieved _ a cliffhanger win by the hosts.
"That game, the final, sort of started those great, one goal battles that have been going on ever since,'' den Dekker said of a match which helped change the perception of netball as a "girlie" sport to that of a tough, physical contest between highly skilled athletes..
"It was an event that really changed the way people looked at us. We went from women who played a game in a park in the eyes of people, to real athletes who people recognised.''
Current Australian coach Laura Gietz, just six when the famous final between the two powers of netball was played in Sydney, doesn't remember then Prime Minister Bob Hawke pumping the air in triumph or embracing Australian players after the win.
"I was six. I don't remember it at all, sorry,'' she laughed.
"But I do know how special it is to play at home and I can't wait.''
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