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Breaking the Castle review: a play about the slow crawl out of addiction

Breaking the Castle is a one-man show about an actor overcoming substance abuse.

The ate Henri Szeps: a fair-skinned older man with thining grey hair and a grey moustache.
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Vale Henri Szeps OAM, remembered for Mother and Son and a storied stage career

Though best know for ABC TV series ‘Mother and Son’, Szeps was also a committed and much-loved stage actor, widely…

view of an art installation of a traditional chinese gate made from paper. NAS Gallery. Neighbour at the Gate.
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Neighbour at the Gate review: NAS Gallery exhibition

The Neighbour at the Gate exhibition unpacks connections and truth telling between First Nations and Asian Australians.

A middle aged, fair skinned women sits with legs crossed and hands raised in a rehearsal room. This is actor Rebecca Gibney in a scene from Sydney Theatre Company’s 'Circle Mirror Transformation', 2025.
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Circle Mirror Transformation review: another safe bet from the Sydney Theatre Company

STC presents a competent but uninspired staging of US playwright Annie Baker’s award-winning play, Circle Mirror Transformation.

A sinister figure wearing a half-mask over his face and 19th Century clothes, including a long, black, cloak-like coat, gestures dramatically as he sings. He stands in front of a large statue of an angel playing the violin in the scene from Opera Australia's Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour 2022 production, 'Phantom of the Opera'.
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The Phantom of the Opera returns to haunt Sydney Harbour in 2026

Opera Australia’s 2026 Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour kicks off a global celebration of Phantom’s 40th anniversary.

An artist dress in a costume with cactus-like limbs sticking out of their back surrounded by a circle of onlookers. The room is awash in red light. SOFT CENTRE 2022.
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SOFT CENTRE 2025 to take over Sydney with experimental art and electronic music

Expect international electronic sensations, home-grown immersive art pioneers and critical conversations at SOFT CENTRE.

A man sitting on a couch, a woman behind him. In the background on the right is a man dressed like a clown. On the ground are clothes strewn everywhere. Hir.
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Hir review: a play that explores the collision of PTSD and male privilege 

Family and gender politics are explored in this play about identity, belonging and redemption.

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Yolŋu power review: the Art Gallery of NSW's landmark look at Yirrkala innovation

Eight decades of Yolŋu art and culture take viewers through an art movement that has garnered world acclaim.

Colourful cast scene, with a crowd looking on at two women and a man dancing in the middle. Carmen.
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Carmen review: a new look for a classic opera at Sydney Opera House

One of the most famous operas of the 19th century gets a 21st century makeover. 

Olivia Ansell: a portrait photograph of a smiling white woman in her forties with long light brown hair with her arms crossed in front of her, wearing a black short sleeved top standing in a light-filled white-walled room next to a window with light coming in through the window. Toronto
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Ex-Sydney Festival Director delivers first program in new Toronto festival role

Australian arts leader Olivia Ansell sends a postcard from Canada after her first months in new festival role.

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