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The Art of Storm-Whistling. Photo: Curious Roach Collective.
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The Art of Storm-Whistling: a mythical maritime story at Adelaide Fringe

The Art of Storm-Whistling follows a mythical journey across the seas.

James Rowland: Team Viking. A fair-skinned man with straw-blonde hair and a reddish beard stands thigh deep in the waters of the Thames. He is wearing a plastic Viking helmet with ahistorical horns, a black suit, white business shirt and black tie, and carries a burning torch made of rolled-up paper.
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Team Viking review: a hilarious, heartbreaking and healing masterpiece

The remarkable Team Viking was one of the standouts of the Adelaide Fringe opening weekend.

U>N>I>T>E>D Chunky Move, a dark stage with dramatic smoke effects and white lighting showing a female performer with robotic metallic costuming moving across the stage under a scaffolding set piece.
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U>N>I>T>E>D review: Chunky Move's machine-led experiment missing some magic at Perth Festival

Billed as an exploration of machine mysticism, Chunky Moves' latest dance work is not as transcendental as it could be.

From left, Ben Prendergast, Ngaire Dawn Fair, Emily Goddard and John Leary in Kid Stakes, performed by Red Stitch Actors' Theatre as part of The Doll Trilogy. Photo: Chris Parker.
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The Doll Trilogy review: Red Stitch makes a marathon feel like a sprint

My word, she’ll be right… Ray Lawler’s pioneering The Doll Trilogy still makes for a stimulating day (and night) in…

Image: Uday Mittal on Unsplash.
Opinions & Analysis

A box-ticking compliance conundrum is killing art and creativity

Australia’s box-ticking grant application culture may be stifling the very art it aims to serve.

Second Echo Ensemble at the From Barriers to Belonging forum. Photo: Laura Purcell.
Features

Australia’s arts and disability movement is gaining new momentum

The National Director of Arts and Disability Network Australia says there will be no more decisions about us without us.

Nat Jobe, Shay Debney, Manon Gunderson-Briggs, Amy Hack and Justin Smith in Hayes Theatre's production of Phar Lap: The Electro Swing Musical. Photo: John McRae.
Features

Supporting our stages: the NSW performing arts sector looks ahead

Over the past decade, state government support has helped independent theatres in New South Wales stay afloat. But they, and…

Neurospicy: The Musical at Adelaide Fringe. A fair-skinned young woman dressed in a red chili costume and smiling at the camera.

Adelaide Fringe reviews: Pinky von Sox and the Novel Stand-Up Experience, and Neurospicy: The Musical

A Fringe first-timer’s engaging exploration of neurodiversity and an improvised storytelling show are among the offerings at this year’s Adelaide…

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News

Best opportunities, grants & awards for creatives: 23 February to 1 March 2026

Opportunities for budding comedy critics, First Nations performers, excellence in humanities, and more.

A Winter's Journey. Image: David Cox.
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Musica Viva’s A Winter’s Journey review: a potent retelling of Schubert’s Winterreise.

In A Winter's Journey, visual art and atmospheric lighting add to a mesmerising musical interpretation.

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