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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.

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…

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.

Scathing book reviews are more common than you think
Are you fretting about receiving a bad review? You're in good company.

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…

Donald Judd's AGSA masterpiece turns 50
The Art Gallery of South Australia celebrates its site-specific piece of US minimalism, Judd's 'Untitled'.

Book review: Mother Tongue, Naima Brown
Motherhood, womanhood and the power of words.

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…

Inaugural Aussie Global Book Crawl
Australia joins a worldwide network of bookstore crawls.

Comedy review: Anisa Nandaula: You Can't Say That, The Victoria Hotel
What's it like being a black girl in Australia?