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Gunawarra Re-Creation. Photo: Jacinta Keefe Photography.
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Gunawarra Re-creation review: an astonishing reframing of creation myths

If you missed Gunawarra Re-creation a couple of years back, Ilbijerri is remounting Isobel Morphy-Walsh’s powerful work for NAIDOC Week.

Dear Children, Sincerely... 7 Decades of Sri Lanka, written and directed by Ruwanthie de Chickera, Stages Theatre Group. Photo: Prauda Buwaneka.

Artists from the Asia Pacific stand out at international theatre festival

Of more than 30 theatre shows at this year's Theater Der Welt festival in Germany, these three productions from the…

Musica Viva's The Fairy's Kiss. Photo: Alex Jamieson.
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The Fairy’s Kiss review: Musica Viva presents a sublime partnership

Musica Viva's virtuosic pairing of violin and piano makes for a sublime concert.

Shaun Gladwell, A Nebuchadnezzar Cycle, 2026. Still, digital video, 63:00. Commissioned by Bundanon Trust. Courtesy: the artist and PALAS Sydney.
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Man on Fire review: Shaun Gladwell and Arthur Boyd in searing dialogue

In the hands of Arthur Boyd and Shaun Gladwell, the prescient tale of Nebuchadnezzar becomes a warning against hubris and…

Nkoli: A Fierce & Fabulous Life. Photo: Mark Lewis.
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Theatre of the World review: South Africa's Nkoli is fierce and fabulous opera

In the opera Nkoli, a majority Black South African cast bring the energy to a story of activism and defiance.

Suzy Eddie Izzard's one-woman show of Hamlet is currently touring Australia. Image: Supplied.
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Eddie Izzard’s Hamlet review: what a piece of work!

Suzy Eddie Izzard says it’s a particularly audacious time for a trans woman to be touring a one-person production of…

Madeleine Sami and Genevieve Morris in Losing Face. Photo: Pia Johnson.
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Losing Face review: sloppy, shallow and unfunny

Marieke Hardy’s Losing Face, now playing at MTC, is a soggy satire has no clue what its trying to say…

Louder, at the Sydney Opera House. Photo: Daniel Boud.
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Louder, at the Sydney Opera House review: expect the unexpected

Louder, by Gravity and Other Myths, brings joy, laughter and stunning acrobatics to the Sydney Opera House.

Bangarra's Sheoak. Photo: Daniel Boud.
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Sheltering review: a towering triptych of First Nations excellence

Bangarra Dance Theatre breathes new life into a trio of the company’s resounding works, casting them in a fresh light.

Edison Manuel as Hamlet in Queensland Ballet's Hamlet. Photo: David Kelly.
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Hamlet review: stunningly imaginative ballet

Queensland Ballet delivers a faithful narrative and highly-charged interpretation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet within a beautifully danced production.

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