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Four performers bathed in red light have their hands in the air. They are in a huddle. Scenes of a Yellow Peril.
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Scenes from a Yellow Peril reviewed: QPAC show exploring systemic and structural racism

A show that uses verbatim words to depict scenes of violence and racism in Australia and New Zealand.

The cast of "Annie" standing against a bright, blazing backdrop. Annie.
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Annie review: an orphan captures hearts on Australian stages

Annie is a well-orchestrated cohesive theatre production, whose songs are as catchy as ever.

A woman in black with blue glasses sitting against a grey wall. Performer of 'My Cousin Frank'.
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My Cousin Frank review: Rhoda Roberts engages at Arts Centre Melbourne

A tribute to the first Aboriginal person to represent Australia at the Olympics.

A man with a stuffed suitcase of playing cards running away from another man in an orange high vis vest. Working class magician
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Working Class Magician: Rehired review – staged with safety in mind

Working Class Magician: Rehired features an inventive setup of a safety seminar for working magicians.

Two men in suits, one lighting a cigarette for the other. Smokescreen
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Smokescreen review: smoke and mirrors theatre show in Melbourne

Smokescreen shows how tactics developed by the tobacco industry were used by the fossil fuel industry to delay action on…

A woman blindfolded and squatting with a knife. There are yellow and blue balloons around her. Waterloo
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Waterloo reviewed: Bron Batten does battle at Melbourne's Theatre Works

Waterloo at Theatre Works strides into the battlefield of ideas, politics and contemporary moral dilemmas.

View of gallery installation with abstract colourful paintings, and blue gallery walls. Tom Polo
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Tom Polo review: in a part of your mind, i am you, Ngununggula Gallery

Tom Polo’s first major institutional solo exhibition is a cracker.

Two panels. On left is a blonde woman wearing a blue jacket and white t-shirt. On the right is the cover of a book 'The Haunting of Mr & Mrs Stevenson'. It has a profile silhouette cut out of a man and woman against a blue background.
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Book review: The Haunting of Mr & Mrs Stevenson, Belinda Lyons-Lee

Who or what inspired the writing of Stevenson's 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'?

Five men stand in a sandy space with a fire pit in front of them. Dear Son. Bille Brown Theatre
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Theatre review: Dear Son, Bille Brown Theatre

Reflecting on First Nations fathers and sons, 'Dear Son' is a heart-warming tribute to masculinity, beautifully realised and lovingly delivered.  

A woman sitting on a chair and a man standing behind her. They are both badly dressed in dirty rags an with wild, unkempt hair. The Twits. Roald Dahl.
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Theatre review: The Twits, Sydney Opera House

A theatrical adaptation of Roald Dahl classic children’s novel.

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