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Craft Lab returns to Ballarat Mining Exchange as part of Ballarat Heritage Festival. Photo: Supplied. Three woman gathering near a timbre table displaying round crafts vases. They are in a bustling indoor environment.
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UNESCO City of Crafts puts craftsmanship on the dinner table

Ballarat Heritage Festival presents Craft Lab and The Great Takeaway, where local makers will have their pieces spotlighted and taken…

The King's Player. Image is a bald white actor dressed in scruffy Middle Ages clothes with his mouth agape and his arms stretched out in surprise. Behind him is a large yellowish backdrop featuring a circle with a picture of a juggler in it.
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Theatre review: The King's Player, Alex Theatre

A one-man comedy show inspired by 'Hamlet', and told from the perspective of a lowly minstrel desperate for promotion.

Illuminate Adelaide. A silhouetted figure gazes at an art installation comprising red threads of light in a large dark space.
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Illuminate Adelaide reveals 2024 program

From free illuminations to experimental music, the winter festival returns to Adelaide for its fourth year.

The Story Thief, Kyra Geddes. Image on left is an author shot of a white woman in a white shirt, with a brown bob, smiling at the camera and leaning on a mantelpiece. On the right is the book cover showing the back of an 1800s woman in black striding along a dusty outback track with her back to us.
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Book review: The Story Thief, Kyra Geddes

A feminist perspective on Henry Lawson's 'The Drover’s Wife'.

Revealed. Image is of people in a gallery looking at Aboriginal paintings on the walls.
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New era for largest Aboriginal art exhibition with Aboriginal Arts Centre Hub WA at the helm

AACHWA is leading Revealed 2024, in partnership with Fremantle Arts Centre.

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Streaming May 2024: new shows to stream on Stan, Netflix, ABC iview, SBS On Demand, BritBox and more…

Your guide to the best new shows and films to stream in Australia on all major streaming platforms this month.

Phsyical actors like Ell Sachs are saying self-taped auditions are dehumanising for actors.
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Actors lose out in self-taped auditions

Self-taped auditions have become the norm for screen and theatre in Australia, but actors nation-wide say the practice is unreasonable.

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Opportunities and awards

Fifty Squared Art Prize open for entries, plus winner of Calibre Essay Prize and finalists of wearable art, and more!

a black and white shot of three dancers (outside ones with shaved heads, middle with long hair and a fringe) in casual clothes standing in a row looking off to the right and with their left hands open next to their mouths as if they're shouting 'ahoy'.
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Taking the risk out of crowdfunding before the end of the financial year

The Australian Cultural Fund helps artists achieve their creative visions and encourages donors from all walks of life to support…

A silhouette of a person setting up a stage in a darkened space with rigging and a lit-up screen projection behind them.
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Alarming cost increases for arts organisations not in-line with funding levels

How many more arts organisations will have to cancel or reduce their programming under the weight of rising costs?

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