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Koreaboo at Malthouse Theatre. Photo: Gianna Rizzo.
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Adoption dramedy Koreaboo is a bittersweet marvel

Now showing in Melbourne, this semi-autobiographical work, written by and starring Michelle Lim Davidson, draws on the difficult history of…

Lord of the Flies at Theatre Works, Melbourne. Photo: Matthew Chen.
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All sound and fury, this Lord of the Flies stage play signals far too little

Currently showing in Melbourne, Director Steven Mitchell Wright’s cacophonous production of Lord of the Flies loses sight of the novel's…

Ballkids at La Mama Theatre in 2024. Photo: Darren Gill.
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Let's hope Ballkids bounces back onto stages soon – it deserves to be seen far and wide

Tennis is the backdrop of a beautiful friendship in Ballkids, the award-winning two-hander starring Mich McCowage and Izabella Yena.

Dion Mills and William Lonsdale in Luke. Photo: Cameron Grant / Parenthesy.
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Angus Cameron's slippery new play Luke is full of shifts and surprises

A long-buried scandal in a regional college is twisted out of shape in Angus Cameron's button-pushing new play, Luke, at…

Installation view, UNLEASHED+, HOTA Home of the Arts in partnership with Artisan. Photo: J Ruckli.
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'Dynamic and fresh': emerging makers unleashed on the Gold Coast

Artisan and HOTA team up to present an exhibition supporting Queensland's emerging craft and design practitioners.

How to Eat Rabbit. Photo: Abdul Yusuf.
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Who gets to survive the apocalypse? How to Eat Rabbit offers something fresh to chew on

It’s the end of the world and no one feels fine in this dystopian drama, playing as part of Melbourne's…

Installation view, Margaret Preston, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne. Photo: Phoebe Powell.
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Margaret Preston retrospective offers a rethink for our times

Twenty years after Margaret Preston’s last retrospective, the NGV in Melbourne presents a compelling look at a complicated modernist and…

Black Swan's Day (After Day) in the Life of the Useless. Photo: Daniel J Grant.
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Day (After Day) in the Life of the Useless is a play for our times

A fascinating thought experiment about the struggle to connect, the new play Day (After Day) in the Life of the…

Khaled Sabsabi Between Suns: Installation view of an exhibition showing a series of large free-hanging canvases painted with brown graphic patterns in an industrial warehouse gallery space.
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Khaled Sabsabi's Between Suns reveals the depths of the artist's spiritual practice

Curated by Mikala Tai, this survey exhibition is a moving exploration of the artist’s connections with Sufism, community and family…

Anna Woods, author of LIT. Photo: LJS Studios.

Anna Woods' debut novel LIT gives architects the thriller treatment

Anna Woods’ Kiwi thriller revolves around ill-gotten gains and three architects trapped in an eternal triangle.

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