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Seven dancers in 'Dredge' kneel around a water hole structure. Their hands are raised. The lighting is an eerie blue.
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Dance review: Dredge, Theatre Works

Dance theatre that tracks the beginning of life and follows it to modernity.

Two grey haired women sit behind a long table with their hands clasped in front of them and a red backdrop behind. On the left Susie Dee has a messy bun, glasses and a light brown scarf. On the right Patricia Cornelius wears a black jumper.
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The 60-somethings ruling the roost this Melbourne Fringe

To borrow the words of the Bard (and Enobarbus), age cannot wither them, nor custom stale their infinite variety.

A young woman, Mabel Li, is lying on her belly on a couch. She is talking to a young man, Oli Pizzey Stratford, who is in a wheelchair, in a scene from MTC's 'Cost of Living'.
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Theatre review: Cost of Living, Southbank Theatre

Making its Melbourne debut, this production explores human connection and the lives of those living with disability.

The cast and ensemble of La Bohème on two levels.
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Opera review: La Bohème, Athenaeum Theatre

Despite being a tragedy, Melbourne Opera’s La Bohème is a joyful delight to watch.

A shoal of red and gold fish swimming in turquoise waters. Sorrento Art Prize
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New $125,000 art prize reminds us to ask questions

Is the Sorrento Art Prize a concern? We take a look at Australia's newest and richest offering.

Laak Boorndap. A gardener in a pink shirt and grey cap is tending a flower bed in an urban garden alongside a path on which people are walking. In the foreground a young blonde girl dressed in white is crouched down touching flowers.
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Invitation for a Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung artist to create a permanent commission in new Melbourne urban garden

The Melbourne Arts Precinct transformation project is seeking Expressions of Interest for an artwork to be situated in Laak Boorndap’s…

Laak Boorndap. A gardener in a pink shirt and grey cap is tending a flower bed in an urban garden alongside a path on which people are walking. In the foreground a young blonde girl dressed in white is crouched down touching flowers.
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Unique opportunity to create a permanent artwork for new Melbourne urban garden

The Melbourne Arts Precinct transformation project is now seeking Expressions of Interest for an artwork to be situated in Laak…

A scene from 'Cinderella' ('Cendrillon') at Royal Opera House 2011; Laurent Pelly’s production has been programmed as part of Opera Australia's 2025 Sydney season. Four performers in horse costumes draw a carriage shaped like the letter C, in which a woman in a white ball gown is singing.
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Opera Australia launches 2025 season with four musicals and homegrown talent

The national opera company’s 2025 season features a mix of accessible and canonical works.

two young women playing a guitar.
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Women leading the return of the guitar’s popularity

After declining guitar sales for over a decade, a turnaround is in sight, led by women and festivals like the…

crowd of people viewing an art fair, Sydney Contemporary
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All was fair at the fair – a counterview on Sydney Contemporary

Last week ArtsHub published one insider's view of the recent art fair; it prompted this alternative view from the owner…

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