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Noah Skape presents Human Entertainment at FRINGE WORLD. Photo: Supplied.
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Human Entertainment review: an unforgettable absurdist variety act

In Human Entertainment, Noah Skape delivers a FRINGE WORLD fever dream.

A Night of Rock and Roll with Bogan Villea. Photo: Stephen Wilson Barker. 2026 sydney festival.
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A Night of Rock and Roll with Bogan Villea review: bogan culture through a Blak, queer lens

Starring as Bogan Villea, Ben Graetz returns to the Sydney Festival with another compelling mix of drag, cabaret and social…

Travis Alabanza in BURGERZ. Photo: Dorothea Tuch.
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BURGERZ review: juicy queer theatre transforms hate into hope

Travis Alabanza's hilarious twist on a live cooking show confronts transphobia and invites connection.

UK comedian Raul Kohli anchors A History Comedy Show.
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A History Comedy Show review: an entertaining FRINGE WORLD three-hander

Hosted by award-winning comedian & history buff Raul Kohli, A History Comedy Show brings casual lighthearted fun to FRINGE WORLD.

Shaun Gladwell, Planet & Stars Sequence: Barrier Highway, 2009. Production still, HD video, 16:9, colour, sound, 25 min 53 sec. Photo: Josh Raymond. Courtesy: the artist and PALAS, Sydney. Exhibited in SEARCHERS at National Art School Galleries, Sydney
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SEARCHERS review: graffiti, spray paint and bringing the outsider in

The National Art School exhibition SEARCHERS brings audiences into a world that has thrived in the shadows.

Opera for the Dead. Photo: Jacquie Manning.
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Opera for the Dead review: ghosts in the theatre

Opera for the Dead blends the ancestral and contemporary to consider rituals around death and remembrance.

WAKE at the 2026 Sydney Festival. Photo: Neil Bennett.
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WAKE review: queer cabaret from the Emerald Isle

WAKE brings a riot of colour and music to the Sydney Festival.

Hot Chip at Sydney Festival. Photo: Victor Frankowski.
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Hot Chip review: joy in repetition at the Sydney Opera House

Returning to Australia as part of Sydney Festival, Hot Chip showed why they are such beloved musical icons.

Mama Does Derby. Photo: Claudio Raschella.
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Mama Does Derby review: wheeling onto stage with brutal tenderness

Despite the roller derby chaos, the real heart of Mama Does Derby is in how it portrays a complex mother-daughter…

Tomáš Kantor, a curly-haired 20-something person dressed in non-traditionally gendered clothing, in the 2026 Midsumma production Sugar at Arts Centre Melbourne.
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Sugar review: a frothy, fun and fearless Midsumma treat

This whirlwind production works Chappell Roan into Pretty Woman by way of Tomáš Kantor’s commanding queerness.

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