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Gallery view of an expansive video of ocean and coastline across three walls. Lisa Reihana
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Lisa Reihana review: Ngununggula’s first international exhibition

A regional gallery has given Lisa Reihana her second survey exhibition – when New Zealand is still yet to do…

Job. Image: Sarah Walker.
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Job review: a riveting psychological thriller at Red Stitch

You can expect to be thinking about Job, by Max Wolf Friedlich, long after the curtain falls.

Exhibition view with painted green wall, photographs and jewelry. Helen Britton best exhibitions 2025
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Helen Britton review: a jeweller who is so much more

Internationally celebrated artist Helen Britton totally short circuits how we think about jewellery with wonder.

The Lovers. Image: Brisbane Festival.
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The Lovers review: Shakespeare shaken and stirred for the TikTok generation

Teens and young adults scream, boo, giggle and gasp like they're at a gig during Laura Murphy's The Lovers.

A dark-haired woman sitting on a bed clutching a red book in Anne Being Frank.
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Anne being Frank review: what if the Holocaust diarist had survived?

What could have been had Anne Frank published her memoir?

Head shot of Keri Glastonbury, who has short ashy hair.
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51 Alterities review: Keri Glastonbury's poetry collection is erudite and playful

51 Alterities is a layered snapshot of contemporary life.

A man and a woman embracing in Othello.
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Othello review: a pared-back production by Melbourne Shakespeare Company

With its themes of domestic violence, Othello has continuing relevance.

Two people in black standing on steps. There are big columns behind them in a production of Caesar.
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Caesar review: This production in Townsville by TheatreiNQ is superlative

This iteration of Julius Caesar has an epic quality.

Nic Prior in Belvoir's 2025 production, 'Orlando'. An androgynous figure wearing a punk-inspired blonde wig with a short, spiky fringe and long hair at the back, sits with their hands in their lap against a mirrored background. They are also wearing a pleated grey skirt and skin-hugging white and yellow top.
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Orlando review: a dazzling journey traversing time, place and identity at Belvoir

Trans and non-binary actors take centre stage in this highly theatrical adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s gender-bending classic, 'Orlando: A Biography'.

A black and white photo of a woman with dark hair. Emma Sloley, author of The Island of Last Things.
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The Island of Last Things review: Emma Sloley's book is about the last zoo in the world

The Island of Last Things asks what you would be prepared to risk for a better world.

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