Nicole Elphick

Australia

Columnist at Sydney Morning Herald

Writer at The Canberra Times

Writer at WAtoday

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Articles

All the best in free fun for May in Sydney

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Nicole Elphick

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. With cost-of-living pressures meaning purse strings are pulled tighter than ever, it’s heartening to know that there’s still lots to do in notoriously exxy Sydney that doesn’t cost a cent. We’ve pulled together a gratis guide to the best free events happening over the next month.
Game shows are going wild right now. But will Australia back this worldwide hit?

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Nicole Elphick

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It might be actor and presenter Rodger Corser’s first time fronting a prime-time quiz show as host of The Floor, but he has some unexpected trivia experience up his sleeve. “I used to host pub trivia 20 years ago,” he says. “I remember 2006 being a bit of a lean year for me, so I was a short order cook at a cafe and doing pub trivia, just before I did Underbelly.
Game shows are going wild right now. But will Australia back this worldwide hit?

2 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Nicole Elphick

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Claire Hooper’s House of Games on the ABC a local version of Richard Osman’s British hit

3 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Nicole Elphick

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Claire Hooper’s House of Games on the ABC a local version of Richard Osman’s British hit

3 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Nicole Elphick

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Stand-up comedian Claire Hooper has had a whirlwind 2025. Her new quiz show Claire Hooper’s House of Games, based on the cult UK series hosted by Richard Osman, is about to debut. However, at the start of the year, she wasn’t even aware of the show’s existence. “I started 2025 with no knowledge of this,” says Hooper.
Justine Clarke’s Mimi’s Symphony was inspired by performer’s fear of magpies

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Nicole Elphick

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Like many Australians, actor and Play School presenter Justine Clarke is not the biggest fan of magpies – she is also prey to the fear that strikes during swooping season. It’s a surprise then that her new musical show for children, Mimi’s Symphony, centres on a young magpie who has fallen from her nest as she comes across dogs, possums, insects and other magpies on her way home.
Things to do this school holidays in Sydney

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Nicole Elphick

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The marathon that was the summer break has barely ended, but more time away from school looms large ahead of us. Fear not, we have just the plan to keep boredom at bay for all ages, and, crucially, these activities won’t break the bank, and parents may well enjoy themselves too.
Disney’s Snow White is mired in controversy. But does it pass the kid test?

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Nicole Elphick

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Disney’s live-action Snow White remake has been getting buzz, but for all the wrong reasons. The original 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was a crown jewel in Disney’s canon, ushering in a new age of animation and holding the record as the highest-grossing animated film for 55 years.
Former Gogglebox star Angie Kent puts her fertility on the line in reality show

Jan 30, 2025 | watoday.com.au | Nicole Elphick

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Former Gogglebox star Angie Kent puts her fertility on the line in reality show

Jan 30, 2025 | smh.com.au | Nicole Elphick

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Australian public has seen Angie Kent in plenty of different guises. First coming to attention in 2015 as an amateur TV critic on Gogglebox Australia, her profile grew in 2019 as she gave out roses on The Bachelorette, then in 2023 she joined decluttering show Space Invaders.