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The all male cast of 'The Inheritance.' Eight men wearing largely shades of white are gathered around a man in black seated with a laptop.
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Theatre review: The Inheritance, Seymour Centre

This marathon production, based on the seminal E M Forster novel 'Howards End', makes huge demands of the audience –…

A publicity image for 'Yandha Djanbay (Go Slowly)' by Kirli Saunders, part of Merrigong Theatre Company's MERRIGONX program in 2025. A First Nations woman in a red dress stands ankle deep in a pool of water, an arid landscape and blue sky visible behind her.
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Merrigong Theatre Company’s 2025 season is its largest ever

A committed development program for local artists, coupled with a range of touring works from around the country, have been…

Geoff Kelso, and old man in shades of brown is seated in an armchair, Tegan Mulvany a blonde woman in jeans is kneeling on the ground.and Steve Turner is standing on the right hand. He is also dressed casually in this production of 'The Seed".
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Theatre review: The Seed, Subiaco Theatre Centre

A reprisal of a play about the repercussions of war, which was first performed 10 years ago, but still has…

Five cast members of 'The Magic Flute'. They are dressed in shades of black, white and grey and are standing with their hands in the air. The grey set has an image of a moon above them.
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Opera review: The Magic Flute, Geelong Arts Centre

Disney Meets Mozart in Opera Australia’s 'The Magic Flute.'

PJ Williams (left) as Estragon and Christopher Samuel Carroll (right) as Vadimir in The Street Theatre's 2024 production of 'Waiting for Godot'. A bearded man leans against another man wearing a hat, ad hugs him. They are sitting on a rock on stage; a park bench is visible behind them.
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Waiting for Godot: a deep dive into the human condition

A new production of Beckett’s existential masterpiece is now playing The Street Theatre in Canberra.

A group of young people in a class room are looking at scripts and off to the right where someone is addressing them off camera. mental health
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The untapped potential of theatre-based interventions for mental health

The benefits of using interactive theatre and creative arts activities to educate and build mental health skills.

Several performers are dressed as Spider-men and are hanging off scaffolding.
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Circus review: MARVELous: A Risque Parody, National Theatre Melbourne

A parody of Marvel comic heroes in circus form.

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This week's arts news and trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

Two men, Dowel Jones, stand in pink decorated space. One wearing black top and light trousers, the other in white T shirt, brown jacket and dark trousers.
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From film to fatbergs, here are 12 things to check out at Geelong Design Week

Australia’s UNESCO City of Design will bring back over 70 events for the largest regional design festival, Geelong Design Week.

Heather Mitchell in Sydney Theatre Company’s ‘RBG: Of Many, One’ by Suzie Miller. A sharp-looking elderly woman dressed in black sitting on a white armchair with one of her hands framing her chin.
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Suzie Miller’s RBG: Of Many, One revived for 2025 national tour due to popular demand

The celebrated Suzie Miller play capturing the life of US Supreme Court associate justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will return in…

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