Launceston
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Surprises as most cultural Australian cities (per capita) revealed
Recent data shows that regional cities offer top cultural experiences.
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David Walsh pulls the plug on summer festival Mona Foma
The festival’s most recent edition was ‘a poorly attended artistic triumph,’ according to Mona owner and founder David Walsh.
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Waverley 150+ exhibition: celebrating Tasmania's first commercial woollen factory
Design Tasmania is hosting Waverley 150+ as an evolving exhibition.
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Summer festival season heats up as programs launch nationwide
Adelaide, Perth and Sydney Festivals launched their 2024 programs this week, with Mona Foma waiting eagerly in the wings.
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Radical optimism on the island
The final festival from Lindy Hume saw artists making a range of important statements about their life experiences.
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Off the main stage
Many of this year's Mona Foma events were local in origin or involved protests on a topical issues.
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Theatre review: The Director, reUnion district, Launceston
The Director merges the realms of theatre and funeral directing, alongside the tragic and the comic.
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How funding woes inspired a new home for live art
Launceston’s Assembly 197 is a new approach to art-making that celebrates the spirit of community and collaboration.
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Dance review: Body Body Commodity, Earls Arts Centre, Launceston
The lines between object, body and product blur as five female performers animate and interact with a mass of pastel…
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How international festivals enrich their local arts ecologies
Four artists and four festival directors discuss the many ways major festivals support and nurture the national arts ecology.