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Funny Tonne – part one, MICF 2025

The first batch of top reviews from the Funny Tonne, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's fledgling reviewers for 2025.

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Theatre review: A Girl's Guide to World War, Cremorne Theatre, QPAC

A remarkable story of the bravery of female medical pioneers, exploring the strictures of the early 20th century within a…

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Exhibition review: Wedgwood: Artists and Industry, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

This exhibition is an incredible coup, and it delivers on this rare opportunity in spades.

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Scathing book reviews are more common than you think

Are you fretting about receiving a bad review? You're in good company.

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When comedians don't give up the day job...

Heeding the advice of a million parents, these comedians all have a career to fall back on – but is…

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Donald Judd's AGSA masterpiece turns 50

The Art Gallery of South Australia celebrates its site-specific piece of US minimalism, Judd's 'Untitled'.

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Book review: Mother Tongue, Naima Brown

Motherhood, womanhood and the power of words.

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Council's response to gifted public artwork inquiry fails to quell artists’ disquiet

After confronting City of Perth Councillors about the installation of a controversial public art acquisition, local artists are far from…

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Inaugural Aussie Global Book Crawl

Australia joins a worldwide network of bookstore crawls.

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Comedy review: Anisa Nandaula: You Can't Say That, The Victoria Hotel

What's it like being a black girl in Australia?

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