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Installation view – ‘Margaret Olley: Australian Intimiste,’ NAS Gallery. Photo: Gina Fairley.
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Margaret Olley: Australian Intimiste offers a new way to see a beloved artist

The National Art School delivers the near impossible: an expansive yet intimate show that shepherds fresh conversations about Margaret Olley.

Lucy Ansell in Red Stitch's Funeral Flowers. Photo: Jess D'cruze.
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Funeral Flowers review: a one-woman masterpiece at Red Stitch

Lucy Ansell delivers a knock-out performance in Funeral Flowers, a Scotsman Fringe First-winning play by British playwright Emma Dennis-Edwards.

Mackenzie turns Shakespeare's Macbeth into a teen pop star. Photo: Brett Boardman.
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Mackenzie is more than a teen-pop twist on Macbeth – it's a test for Australian theatre

By betting on Mackenzie, Yve Blake's Y2K-inspired adaptation of the Bard’s darkest tragedy, Bell Shakespeare wagers that the classics still…

Daniel Henshall in Uncle Vanya. Photo: Pia Johnson.
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Uncle Vanya review: Chekhov's classic gets a barnstorming update

This Melbourne production of Uncle Vanya ups the laughter without losing sight of the class divide that fuelled Chekhov’s work.

Stephanie Lake Company's Vista. Photo: Pippa Samaya.
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Vista by Stephanie Lake Company review: from monochrome to full colour

The latest work from Melbourne-based Stephanie Lake Company, Vista gives us one view of the vicissitudes of life… and then…

Grey Gardens, presented by Clovelly Fox and Fortyfivedownstairs. Photo: Ben Fon.
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Grey Gardens review: the strange story of the cult documentary turned musical

This Melbourne production is for fans of hidden musical theatre gems and admirers of the original Grey Gardens documentary.

Maarung by Joel Bray, presented in Australasian Dance Collective's Three. Photo: David Kelly.
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Australasian Dance Collective review: 3 choreographers to watch

A signature Australasian Dance Collective event, Three showcases razor-sharp contemporary choreography and first-rate dancing.

Melbourne Author Allee Richards
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Tight Lines review: Allee Richards captures the fragility of youth

Allee Richards' third novel Tight Lines is a coming-of-age tale about the decisions that can come to define a life.

Claude Monet, Water Lilies. Installation view, Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2026. Photo: Saul Steed.
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Monet to Matisse review: AGSA blockbuster is simply unmissable

AGSA's Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition is a fascinating celebration of innovation and experimentation in art.

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.

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