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Tarnanthi. Image is gallery space full of colourful Namatjira paintings and a full-size sculpture of a First Peoples bearded man in a white cowboy hat.
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Exhibition review: Vincent Namatjira: Australia in Colour, Art Gallery of South Australia

Namatjira's paintings examine the politics of history, power and leadership from a contemporary Aboriginal perspective.

Jo Pickup

Oct 24, 2023
Late. Image is black and white author's headshot on left – clean shaven man with short hair and dark jacket. On the right is a pink book cover with a pencil outline drawing of a face.
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Book review: Late, Michael Fitzgerald

A speculative 'what if?' novel inspired by Marilyn Monroe.

Ellie Fisher

Oct 24, 2023
Angel Strings. Image is a cosmic view of swirling colours on a large screen on a dome, with a crowd seated below and looking up at the dome.
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Music review: Angel Strings and K Mak, Scienceworks Planetarium, Melbourne Fringe Festival

A successful marriage of cosmic imagery and ethereal music.

Thuy On

Oct 23, 2023
A bare chested man is angling his head to stare directly ahead.
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Performance reviews: Exhumed: The ‘Best’ of Bradley Storer, Leather Lungs: Happy Ending, Baba, Melbourne Fringe Festival

Three impressive shows at Melbourne Fringe Festival: two cabarets that touched on big and personal themes and a moving tribute…

Arjun Rajkhowa

Oct 23, 2023
Fradulent horse girls. Image is a young girl in a blue jumper, red and white stripey T-shirt below, and orange waistcoat with hands on her chest looking upwards in a pleading fashion, with horse pictures behind her.
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Performance review: All the Fraudulent Horse Girls, Trades Hall, Melbourne Fringe Festival

A queer coming-of-age production that involved a fever dream of horses and the novelist work of Cormac McCarthy.

Nina Culley

Oct 23, 2023
Frankenstein. Image is the back of a hairless human like monster, full of scars and markings.
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Theatre review: Frankenstein, Playhouse Theatre, QPAC

Shake & Stir Theatre Co's adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic tale mixes traditional and modern theatre together to create a…

Lisette Drew

Oct 23, 2023
Paradise. Image is a man is running away from a large puppet vulture.
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Performance Review: Paradise or the Impermanence of Ice Cream, Space Theatre, OzAsia Festival

A brilliant monologue brimming with existential angst and traditional Indian ice cream. 

Dr Diana Carroll

Oct 23, 2023
The Visitors. Image is three First Nations singers with face paint and a bare tree trunk, wearing dark, grey and brown robes.
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Opera review: The Visitors, Arts Centre Melbourne

Victorian Opera's adaptation of Jane Harrison's novel and play leads audiences to new ways of thinking about opera and Australia’s…

Savannah Indigo

Oct 23, 2023
Hour of the Wolf. Image shows the back of a silhouetted wolf figure and a man with his back to the wall brandishing a sharp object at it in fear.
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Performance review: Hour of the Wolf, Malthouse

This choose-your-own adventure (again) is the Malthouse's latest immersive production.

Thuy On

Oct 20, 2023
tiaen tiamen. Image is abstract purple and green laser lighting patterns on black background with a crouching dancer wearing a loincloth and looking backwards in the bottom right hand corner
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Dance review: tiaen tiamen Episode 1, Dunstan Playhouse

Experimental and futuristic, but with its heart grounded in Indigenous culture, this work is the first part of a trilogy…

Nicky TszTung Li

Oct 20, 2023
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