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Members of West Australian Symphony Orchestra's string section play their instruments, with their conductor standing at a podium before them. WASO, regional tour
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West Australian Symphony Orchestra’s next regional tours visit Kalgoorlie, York and Bunbury

WASO’s regional touring program continues in the second half of 2025, including taking the full Orchestra on the road.

A man sitting on a couch, a woman behind him. In the background on the right is a man dressed like a clown. On the ground are clothes strewn everywhere. Hir.
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Hir review: a play that explores the collision of PTSD and male privilege 

Family and gender politics are explored in this play about identity, belonging and redemption.

Colourful cast scene, with a crowd looking on at two women and a man dancing in the middle. Carmen.
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Carmen review: a new look for a classic opera at Sydney Opera House

One of the most famous operas of the 19th century gets a 21st century makeover. 

An AI-generated photo of an entirely AI band: The Velvet Sundown.
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The Velvet Sundown: AI-generated band stirs controversy across global music industry

With millions of streams and a viral retro image, The Velvet Sundown has reignited global debate over AI music, raising…

Olivia Ansell: a portrait photograph of a smiling white woman in her forties with long light brown hair with her arms crossed in front of her, wearing a black short sleeved top standing in a light-filled white-walled room next to a window with light coming in through the window. Toronto
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Ex-Sydney Festival Director delivers first program in new Toronto festival role

Australian arts leader Olivia Ansell sends a postcard from Canada after her first months in new festival role.

A lavishly set up photograph featuring a red velvet sofa and a figure dressed in a blond wind, cut out red velvet costume where the limbs extend like bug claws. Australian Life Photography Competition finalist Chrissie Hall, ‘The bargain of a life: a couch with legs and no breasts’. Opportunities.
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Opportunities and awards

Enlighten Festival callout, SA Arts Leadership Program open, plus finalists across the 2025 National Biography Award, Bowness Photography Prize and…

A production photo of dynamic dancers dressed in black suits, forming single file while pulling at each other’s clothes. RISING
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RISING receives lifeline from Creative Australia to deliver 2026 dance biennial

ArtsHub exclusive: RISING will return in 2026 as the national presenter of the Australian Dance Biennial.

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Observatory Theatre

Telescope New Writing Program

Calling Queensland based emerging playwrights with big ideas! The Telescope New Writing Program commissions daring, adventurous and imaginative new works…

A triceratops made up of glass panels. It's lit up. Universal Kingdom: The Next Era.
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Universal Kingdom: The Next Era review: dinosaurs lit up as part of Illuminate Adelaide

A luminous installation of dinos big and small.

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Beating up the Beatles | Burra

The Beatles like you’ve never heard them before — with a swing, a sway, and a whole lot of soul.

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