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A fair-skinned woman with wavy blonde hair bites one nail as she contemplates a budding tree branch. The scene is lit with a soft, warm light. A scene from the play 'Ripening' by Citizen Theatre.
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Theatre review: Ripening, Gasworks Arts Park

A heartfelt look at the intense experience of navigating pregnancy and childbirth in today’s Western medical system.

Two female road workers dressed in white helmets and orange hi-vis jackets sit in folding chairs. They nurse cups of tea and a Stop sign is drapped across their laps. A traffic cone is visible behind them.
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Theatre review: How To Hold A Sign, The Butterfly Club

An insightful and accessible exploration of the challenges faced by women working in the construction industry.

Two women in white Regency-style dresses. A promotional image for the production 'Austen in Therapy'.
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Theatre review: Austen in Therapy, Abbotsford Convent

Jane Austen lovers will find this enjoyable if they can look past the lacklustre production.

A woman standing at a stove. She's holding onto a red oven mitt. A scene from in Mi Todo Productions' 'Mary Jane' at The Old Fitz Theatre, 2025.
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Theatre review: Mary Jane, Old Fitz Theatre

An intimate portrait of a woman caring for her chronically ill son.

Two men sitting on a flight of white stairs. They are wearing shorts and white suit jackets adorned with palm trees. One of pair has a blank white mask, hat and sunglasses; the man to his left was a tanned face and a moustache.
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Theatre review: The Anarchy (1138-53), KXT on Broadway

An experimental and inventive production that will provoke and pique curiosity.

A young Aboriginal man in a black suit standing next to a large silver steel door frame.
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Theatre review: Blue, State Theatre Centre of WA 

'Blue' will kick you right in the heart; make sure your mascara is waterproof.

A person in a white spacesuit in a see-through two level structure.
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Installation review: Endling, Vivid Sydney

A solo act that combines  projections, sound and narration with confined aerial and physical theatre.

A rear view of a person wearing a jumpsuit and a yellow beanie; they are looking at bright blue sculptural globules. A camera trained on them.
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Performance review: Night Night, Alexander Theatre, Monash Performing Arts Centres 

A profound tale, told with modern tech whizz-bangery that inspires, makes us think and touches the heart.

A man in a grey suit and a woman in a red dress are sitting apart on a park bench.
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Theatre review: Heaven, Loading Dock Theatre, Qtopia Sydney

Kate Gaul directs the 2023 Irish Times' Best New Play at LGBTQIA+ museum and cultural centre, Qtopia Sydney. 

An elderly man sitting on a bed. He's wearing a grey robe. The bed too is grey as is the background. The actor is Max Gillies, performing a scene from 'Endgames', a trio of short modernist plays or play extracts at Melbourne venue fortyfivedownstairs.
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Theatre review: Endgames, fortyfivedownstairs

Three short works from modernist playwrights Chekhov, Beckett and Hibberd.

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