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The four members of Eddy Current Suppression Ring rehearse in a nondescript band room.
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Eddy Current Suppression Ring returns after nine year hiatus for free headline gig

The underground favourites, renowned as a blistering live act, have reformed to play Melbourne’s Fed Square in September.

Protestors gather outside ANU.
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Outrage as ANU announces cuts to School of Music

As ANU signals changes to its School of Music, national arts education leaders warn of long-term damage to the sector.

A middle aged, fair skinned women sits with legs crossed and hands raised in a rehearsal room. This is actor Rebecca Gibney in a scene from Sydney Theatre Company’s 'Circle Mirror Transformation', 2025.
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Circle Mirror Transformation review: another safe bet from the Sydney Theatre Company

STC presents a competent but uninspired staging of US playwright Annie Baker’s award-winning play, Circle Mirror Transformation.

Two older woman sitting at a table. The Spare Room
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Lessons from The Spare Room: what’s the real complication in your story?

Knowing where the complication lies is the true key to every storyteller’s job.

A mixed media collage of eight portraits.
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Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 22 to 28 July 2025

Adelaide Fringe poster competition returns, Creative WA Fellowships for young talent plus Lester Prize shortlist and more opportunities.

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Rumbleskin review: Australian stage show meets American gothic

Writer Ames May Nunn and director Alonso Pineda have crafted a modern allegory in Rumbleskin, at fortyfivedownstairs.

Three mature, fair-skinned female philanthropists pose together with objects recently acquired for the Australian Performing Arts Collection: a black leather jacket bedazzled with sequins, some of which spell out the word 'Olivia'; a glittering red gown, and a blue piano.
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Nearly $3 million donated by three philanthropists for performing arts history

Three major donations of approximately $1 million each will support and showcase Melbourne’s performing arts history.

A sinister figure wearing a half-mask over his face and 19th Century clothes, including a long, black, cloak-like coat, gestures dramatically as he sings. He stands in front of a large statue of an angel playing the violin in the scene from Opera Australia's Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour 2022 production, 'Phantom of the Opera'.
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The Phantom of the Opera returns to haunt Sydney Harbour in 2026

Opera Australia’s 2026 Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour kicks off a global celebration of Phantom’s 40th anniversary.

A dishelleved man in rumpled clothes (Dash Kruck) and a glamous, laughing, blonde-haired Dolly Parton in a low cut red dress (Tricia Paoluccio) in a scene from the musical 'Here You Come Again'.
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Here You Come Again review: Parton musical slaps too sweetly

How does this Dolly Parton musical handle the fine line between love letter and tacky tribute show?

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Threadbare review: a queer family drama at Melbourne's St Martins Youth Arts Centre

In threadbare, Tomas Parrish-Chynoweth explores the challenges and joys of families chosen and given.

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