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Performance review: The Lion King in Concert, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra empowered a Disney classic with the majesty and power it deserves.

‘Ruff Trade’. Photo: Steven Dawson. Two performers in 16th century attire sitting on each side of a wooden table. One is looking toward the other, trying to make conversation.
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Performance reviews: Ruff Trade and Trans Woman Kills Influencer, Midsumma Festival

‘Trans Woman Kills Influencer’ leans into the modern day, while Steven Dawson’s ‘Ruff Trade’ is a devilishly good tragedy set…

Teenage performers in tuxedos and shorts jump out of a white piano in Tempo by the Flying Fruit Fly Circus at Art Centre Melbourne.
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Performance review: Tempo, Arts Centre Melbourne

The Fruities jump back onto our stages with a music themed performance.

Left: Lavinia Fontana, ‘Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine’, 1574-77 oil on copper. NGV, Felton Bequest, 2021. Image: Supplied. Right: Artemisia Gentileschi, ‘Lucretia’, c.1630-35 oil on canvas. Private collection. Image: Supplied.
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Do you know the first female professional artists in Western history?

Lavinia Fontana, Sofonisba Aguissola and Artemisia Gentileschi sustained rewarding artistic practices with an entrepreneurial mindset.

'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' at Geelong Arts Centre. Photo: Michael Mason. Six performers dressed in colourful attire on stage with the background of a cartoonish park. They are posing in a group with happy and cheeky expressions.
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Theatre review: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Geelong Arts Centre

A vibrant production of the Charlie Brown franchise offers outstanding performances, but some outdated tropes.

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Exhibition review: Brent Harris, TarraWarra Museum of Art

Brent Harris' ambiguous and surreal forms explore the body, familial relationships and (post) death.

‘John Nixon—Four Decades, Five Hundred Prints’ installation view at Geelong Gallery. Photo: ArtsHub. Exhibition space with white wall and timber floor, filled with prints and works on paper displayed on wooden tables.
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Exhibition review: John Nixon – Four Decades, Five Hundred Prints, Geelong Gallery

An expansive collection of prints by John Nixon reveals his philosophy about blurring the boundaries between art and life.

LISA GORMAN + MIRKA MORA, installation view at Warrnambool Art Gallery. Photo: Supplied. An exhibition space partitioned with orange, dark turquoise and pink sheer curtains. In front of the curtains hang embroideries by Mirka Mora and clothing by Gorman x Mirka.
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Exhibition review: LISA GORMAN + MIRKA MORA: To breathe with the rhythm of the heart, Warrnambool Art Gallery

A lyrical and symbiotic pairing of fashion design, sculptural installations, painting, embroideries and more by two Australian icons.

Photo: Arisa Chattasa via Unsplash. Photo of a bauble made out of wood with the word ‘HOPE’ engrained on it, hanging from a Christmas tree.
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The five creatives of Christmas

ArtsHub speaks with five regional creatives who recap 2023 and share their hopes for 2024.

Two male circus performers, one leaning on a table, the other balancing on top of it.
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Circus review: You & I, Airborne, Borderville Festival

A world premiere and a well-rehearsed work were among the circus delights on offer at the 2023 Borderville Festival.

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