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ICYMI: this week's arts news in brief
Opera Australia announces unique concert, Australian Museum upgrade given green light, funding boost for Vision Australia’s library services, and more.
On the Move: Latest appointments and departures
New Board members at Queensland Theatre, Melbourne Writers Festival’s new CEO, Arts House announces new GM, and more.
#justnotthatmany campaign spreads across social media
The #justnotthatmany campaign addresses the lack of diversity on Australian stages and screens by flipping the existing narrative in a…
Review: Wellness at The Butterfly Club
As part of The Butterfly Club's inaugural 1 Act Play Festival, this play is a series of semi-autobiographical vignettes from…
Review: The Australian Shakespeare Company’s Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet has been radically re-set in all manner of eras and communities, but this production’s simple shift of…
Review: Two, Riverside Theatres
An acting tour-de-force from Brian Meegan and Kate Raison as they take on 14 characters.
Facing the truth: ‘We remain a colonised country’
In her keynote speech at the Fair Play Symposium, First Nations curator Genevieve Grieves analyses what it means when we…
An Aboriginal perspective on political correctness
It’s not funny to us – First Nations writer Angelina Hurley takes an Aboriginal perspective on political correctness and humour.
Review: Quilty, Art Gallery of South Australia
Cutting through hype, AGSA’s take on Ben Quilty’s career is mapped across a less predictable path, encouraging audiences to think…
Book Review: The Time is Now, Monica Sparrow by Matt Howard
Howard traces the development of his characters with a deceptively light touch and a fine sense of humour.