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Dancers in black costume. The stage and lighting are also black.
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Performance review: Illume, Sydney Opera House

Bangarra Dance Theatre's evocative experiment connecting sound, dance and light.

A young girl likes on her back on the floor with a movie camera above her. POV
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Theatre review: POV, RISING, Showroom Arts Centre Melbourne

When you take two unrehearsed actors and a child telling them what to do, where to stand and what to…

A moody and dramatic image by photographer Caterina Pacialeo of a firepit on a beach at dusk. Flames dance towards the cloudy horizon. Sydney Contemporary 2025 expands with the addition of the inaugural Photo Sydney.
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Sydney Contemporary announces largest fair to date including inaugural Photo Sydney

The ninth edition of Sydney Contemporary at Carriageworks features 114 exhibitors and more than 500 artists – and this year…

An androgynous figure, their head tilted to the left, raises one sardonic eyebrow with the help of a plastic hand pointer on a metal stick. Digitally drawn green lines swirl behind them. The image also features two small sets of cascading tiles bearing the text '404 error message. Try again?'.

Sydney Fringe Festival teases 2025 program with new works from local, interstate and overseas creatives

Taking its lead from the major arts festivals, Sydney Fringe – which last year presented 500 events to 100,000 attendees…

Four smiling young people from a range of cultural background, and all dressed in black and holding orchestral instruments, walk down a grey institutional hallway. They are members of the Australian Youth Orchestra's 2024 Young Symphonists program.
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More than an orchestra: the institution that’s nurturing Australia’s next generation of classical musicians

The Australian Youth Orchestra’s specialist training programs transform passionate young instrumentalists – and others with a love for fine music,…

A woman standing at a stove. She's holding onto a red oven mitt. A scene from in Mi Todo Productions' 'Mary Jane' at The Old Fitz Theatre, 2025.
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Theatre review: Mary Jane, Old Fitz Theatre

An intimate portrait of a woman caring for her chronically ill son.

Vivid LIVE: The Sydney Opera House lit up at night by a rainbow coloured light projection with the text, 'I want my future to live up to my past' centred within the colourful composition.
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Why the art adorning Sydney Opera House for Vivid this year is like no other in its history

This year’s Vivid LIVE centrepiece casts light on political history, which in some parts of the world feels all-too present…

Two men sitting on a flight of white stairs. They are wearing shorts and white suit jackets adorned with palm trees. One of pair has a blank white mask, hat and sunglasses; the man to his left was a tanned face and a moustache.
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Theatre review: The Anarchy (1138-53), KXT on Broadway

An experimental and inventive production that will provoke and pique curiosity.

A large pink, kidney swirl swimming pool painted by artist Lucy O’Doherty for her current exhibition.
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Exhibition review: Lucy O’Doherty: The Drifting Place, China Heights Gallery, Sydney

Lucy O'Doherty's work explores dreamy depictions of interior and exterior spaces.

A person in a white spacesuit in a see-through two level structure.
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Installation review: Endling, Vivid Sydney

A solo act that combines  projections, sound and narration with confined aerial and physical theatre.

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