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Midsumma prepares for its first winta
The Midsumma crew brings a little sunshine to your winter chills with its inaugural Midwinta black tie gala and festival.

Multicultural Arts Vic announce new Patron
The new appointee joins an advocacy group that includes a former Prime Minister and a former Premier.

Comedian Rik Mayall dies aged 56
Tributes flow for the anarchic star of The Young Ones and Blackadder.

ACO tunes up rare violin
Rebecca Chan could be working with a scalpel but she prefers the sound of a $1.35 million violin.

Dangerous Caligula set for Brisbane debut
The latest work by The Danger Ensemble explores the lunacy and legend of Rome’s wickedest Emperor.

$300k boost for Darwin Festival's Asian program
The Darwin Festival’s Asian program will now be twice as large, thanks to a $260,000 grant from the Giles government.

Violent outburst draws audiences in
Finegan Kruckemeyer’s new play explores teenage angst in unexpected ways – using shadow puppetry, dance and music.

Sport under the lens of artists
This $100,000 prize-awarding exhibition turns sport into a subject rather than a weekend or professional activity.

An Indigenous history in cartoons
Thirty years of collected cartoons provide an insightful, wry and witty account of Australia’s Indigenous history.

Monocultural media inspires circus critique
The latest production from Westside Circus is inspired by the trend of young people resorting to surgery to look more…