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Australian creatives awarded French Order of Arts and Letters

Dr Elizabeth Cameron Dalman AM and Tony Albert join the French Order of Knighthood.

Iestyn Davies as Orpheus and Samantha Clarke as Eurydice in Opera Australia's production of Orpheus and Eurydice, 2025. Photo: Jeff Busby.
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Orpheus & Eurydice review: a magisterial marvel

Opera Australia’s collaboration with Circa breathes dazzling new life into Gluck’s mythology-mining Orpheus & Eurydice.

The Royal Family Dance Crew to lead RISING 2026 program.
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RISING 2026 names global street-dance legends as first stars of festival line-up

Melbourne’s winter arts festival RISING 2026 is set for a shake up with the announcement of legendary The Royal Family…

Visualisation of the Ian Potter State Theatre. Image: NH Architecture.
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Melbourne's majestic State Theatre set to reopen six months ahead of schedule

Home to opera and ballet, Arts Centre Melbourne’s famed State Theatre will reopen its doors in October 2026.

2024-25 Australasia Tour Cast of Six the Musical.
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Six the Musical announces triumphant new Australian tour for 2026

The global pop-musical sensation Six the Musical is showing no signs of slowing down, with a third Aussie iteration set…

Iksha II. Photo: Aesthete Captures.
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Iksha II review: myth made human at Seymour Centre

With brilliant dancers and bold ideas, Iksha II attempted to reframe the legendary figure of Ravana from The Ramayana.

Goodbye Aunty Flo, staged by Ilbijerri Theatre company. Image supplied.
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Goodbye Aunty Flo review: sisterly sass and menopause

Goodbye Aunty Flo is a heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny play about learning to accept change.

L-R: Tom Conroy and Colin Friels in Belvoir's 2025 production, 'The True History of the Life and Death of King Lear and his Three Daughters'. A bloodied, pale and shirtless younger man and an older, grey-haired man, speak intently to one another in a moody photograph of Belvoir's Shakespeare production.
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Much ado about who? The enduring appeal of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare is having a Renaissance moment. What has caused this enduring fascination, and how do his plays resonate with…

A Few Good Men. Presented by Queensland Theatre, in association with QPAC. Image supplied.
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A Few Good Men review: a Hollywood classic turned Brisbane theatre blockbuster

Fans of Aaron Sorkin's film A Few Good Men film will spot the nods, and newcomers will find plenty to…

Cowbois. Image: Alex Vaughan.
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Cowbois review: no guns, no politics ... no purpose? 

A blissful first act followed by a long downhill mosey, Cowbois fails to live up to its own publicity.

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