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WAKE at the 2026 Sydney Festival. Photo: Neil Bennett.
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WAKE review: queer cabaret from the Emerald Isle

WAKE brings a riot of colour and music to the Sydney Festival.

Hot Chip at Sydney Festival. Photo: Victor Frankowski.
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Hot Chip review: joy in repetition at the Sydney Opera House

Returning to Australia as part of Sydney Festival, Hot Chip showed why they are such beloved musical icons.

Mama Does Derby. Photo: Claudio Raschella.
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Mama Does Derby review: wheeling onto stage with brutal tenderness

Despite the roller derby chaos, the real heart of Mama Does Derby is in how it portrays a complex mother-daughter…

When debate around artists’ rights get heated, we can lose sight of how cultural safety practices act as a positive force to help resolve these situations. The photograph shows seven figures arrayed around a stage, each helping to lift an expansive sheet of red fabric that otherwise covers the stage; red curtains hang behind them, and a spotlight beams down on the central figure. cultural safety
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Cultural safety isn’t a shield, it’s a mirror, and organisations need to look into it

Amid debates about the right to freedom of expression, we are losing our sense of what cultural safety in practice…

2026 Venice Biennale: artist Gabrielle Goliath and curator Ingrid Masondo.
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Censorship concerns sparked as another Venice Biennale artist cancelled

South Africa’s Arts and Culture Minister has cancelled his country’s chosen project for the 2026 Venice Biennale, reigniting arts censorship…

Miriam Webster has just published her debut short story collection The Slip. Photo: Bonnie Jarrett Creative.
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Pants down: how it feels to publish your first book

Miriam Webster, whose debut short story collection The Slip was published in July 2025, reflects on the experience of releasing…

Are the state's creative industries still on track, or running off the rails? A photograph of a train track between trees at Mannerim, Victoria, Australia.
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Creative Victoria: backing or backing away?

Creative Victoria’s recently delivered Creative Enterprise Program funding stunned some organisations and alarmed others: are the outcomes a warning sign…

A man and a woman jogging in Sydney. arts sector appointments
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

Placeholder Residency at Field Rooms, Waterloo. Photo: Joshua Morris.
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Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 18-25 January 2026

A new creative residency in Waterloo, plus development opportunities for dancers, performance artists, and more.

Tomáš Kantor, a curly-haired 20-something person dressed in non-traditionally gendered clothing, in the 2026 Midsumma production Sugar at Arts Centre Melbourne.
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Sugar review: a frothy, fun and fearless Midsumma treat

This whirlwind production works Chappell Roan into Pretty Woman by way of Tomáš Kantor’s commanding queerness.

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