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Keep your eye on this week's top arts news stories with ArtsHub's arts news watch column. Photo depicts a woman in a white sleeveless dress standing amidst the bright green leaves of a tree; her face is obscured by a giant cartoon eye.
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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. Keep your eye on this week's top arts news stories.

Tim Minchin and band performing ‘Tim Minchin – First at the Foundry’ at the Foundry Theatre, Sydney. The photo shows Minchin, a fair-skinned man with shoulder length hair and wearing a white shirt and dark trousers, caught mid-song. His arms are stretched wide and four musicians are visible on the stage behind him; the other half of the photo shows the audience members at the Foundry Theatre.
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Theatre review: Tim Minchin – First at the Foundry

The Australian performer christened the stage of the new Foundry Theatre with a show that was equal parts brilliant and…

woman with outstretched arts in gratitude in theatre audience.
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Celebrating anniversaries in 2025: the second wave of announcements

ArtsHub celebrates the performing arts organisations and festivals that are marking major anniversaries in 2025.

AURORA on stage in front of a large sun displayed on the screen behind her, while audiences hold up their hands as if reaching out.
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Concert review: AURORA 2025, Margaret Court Arena

The Norwegian songstress is a national treasure with soul-touching vocals and charming authenticity.

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Performance review: Homophonic!, Theatre Works, midsumma festival

A celebration of some of Australia’s best queer, classical musicians and compositions.

Album cover of The Weeknd's Hurry Up Tomorrow. Against a white background is a close up of a man's face grimacing.
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Album review: Hurry Up Tomorrow, The Weeknd

Will this be The Weeknd's final album?

One of Beckett's most famous works will be performed authentically for the first time.
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30 years in the making: a world-first for Beckett's 'Krapp's Last Tape'

Actor Samuel West took a gamble in 2006, taping himself performing half of one of Beckett's most famous works. In…

An elderly woman (Nancye Hayes) is standing in a living room filled with books. She's wearing a white dress. A 20 something man is seated on a couch (Shiv Palekar)
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Theatre review: 4000 Miles, Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company

This staging of Amy Herzog’s play is elevated by the formidable acting talents and experience of the great Nancye Hayes. 

La Boite open's its centenary season with a female-led, three-hander Macbeth. (Image: David Kelly)
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La Boite Theatre celebrates a century with a bold new take on 'Macbeth'

Coinciding with International Women's Day, the new version of 'Macbeth' centres on the narrative of the witches.

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So you want my arts job: Librettist

If you possess humility, audacity, originality and passion, becoming a librettist may suit you, says playwright, director, dramaturg and librettist…

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