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The Wau Wau Sisters' Last Supper
THE FAMOUS SPIEGEL GARDEN: US burlesque duo Adrienne Truscott and Tanya Gagne leave no sensibilities unruffled in this delightful cabaret…

A Behanding in Spokane
MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY: Playwright Martin McDonagh’s confronting black comedy shocks and entertains in equal measure.

Don Parties On
MTC: David Williamson’s sequel to his most famous play reunites his major characters some 40 years later.

Put on your red shoes and dance the blues
SYDNEY FESTIVAL: Cornish company Kneehigh Theatre return to Australia with their acclaimed production THE RED SHOES.

Hume unveils her second Sydney Festival program
SYDNEY FESTIVAL: John Malkovich, Paul Kelly, Philip Glass, and Emmylou Harris are among the hundreds of artists performing in Sydney…

My Name is Rachel Corrie
FORTYFIVE DOWNSTAIRS: The controversial play about a peace activist killed on the Gaza Strip in 2003 is coming to Melbourne.

A Krakouer of a show
DECKCHAIR THEATRE: Reg Cribb’s multi-award-winning story about the footballing Krakouer brothers returns for a national tour.

Shining a light on Vivid Sydney
OPINION: When is an arts festival not an arts festival? When it’s a giant advertising campaign.
Working with geological memory
17th BIENNALE OF SYDNEY: Artist Mikala Dwyer has turned to stone for inspiration.

Sydney Fringe announces inaugural director
A new Sydney Fringe Festival will be held in the inner west later this year.