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Green Music Australia achieved surprising results from AusArt Day 2025. Here, the team leads an event for the No Music on a Dead Planet campaign at the Corner Hotel in 2025. Photo: RC Stills Photography.
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Beyond the donation: how Green Music Australia harnessed AusArt Day

Green Music Australia raised almost $21,000 and gained 82 valuable new supporters through the AusArt Day national day of giving…

Liz Hicklin presents Sylvia Plath Stole My Boyfriend at Melbourne Fringe. Photo: Jacinda Parsons.
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Sylvia Plath Stole My Boyfriend: Liz Hicklin’s Ted Hughes love story hits Melbourne Fringe

A first-time playwright at 95, Liz Hicklin has turned a youthful romance with one of poetry's giants into a gameshow…

Paddington The Musical announces Australian premiere. Photo: Supplied.
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Paddington Bear leads a huge week of Australian musical theatre announcements

Australia is in for a big year of musicals in 2027. We've rounded up all the latest news for you.

Place Dances by Lucy Guerin. Photo: Gianna Rizzo.
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Lucy Guerin reflects on 25 years in the independent dance sector: what’s different now?

As Lucy Guerin prepares to present her final work for her company this weekend, she talks to ArtsHub about her…

Tom Stevenson and Ru Halwala are building a regional comedy ecosystem. Photo: Supplied / Scary Strangers.
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Can regional performers build careers without moving to the big city?

Scary Strangers Comedy Festival is a first for the Blue Mountains. But its founders are already thinking about the bigger…

Roof Piece by Trisha Brown Dance Company (US). Photo: Vikky Sloviter Photography.
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A global contemporary dance festival is about to land in Australia, and it's a big deal

Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels makes its Southern Hemisphere debut in January. Here's what you need to know.

Belvoir St Theatre's A Room With a View. Photo: Brett Boardman.
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A Room With a View makes a mischievous splash at Belvoir

Grace Chapple’s adaptation of EM Forster’s 1908 novel plays up the comedy – and the nudity – in an entertaining,…

The West End company of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Photo: Marc Brenner.
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West End hit The Curious Case of Benjamin Button to premiere in Australia

The award-winning musical will debut at the Sydney Opera House in 2027, before touring Melbourne and Brisbane.

Freidah Will See You Now. Photo: Charlie Ashfield.
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Sydney Fringe Reviewer Lab: 3 standout shows now blasting down to Melbourne Fringe

The emerging writers in the Sydney Fringe Reviewer Lab take a look at three shows about to hit stages in…

Hadestown: The Musical is heading to cinemas. Image courtesy of Trafalgar.
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Hadestown proves live theatre can sell out the cinema – meet the Australian director behind the lens

As Hadestown heads to Australian cinemas, director Brett Sullivan reveals how he captured the magic of the Broadway cast.

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