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Promotional image for West Australian Symphony Orchestra's 'Underground Series' in 2026, showing cellist Shigeru Komatsu. A blue and white photograph of an older Asian-Australian man wearing glasses and formal wear. He is holding the cello's scroll over his left eye, and the central square of the photo around his face is black and white instead of blue and white.
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2026 season announcements: our rolling guide to the performing arts

Orchestras, recital centres, theatre companies and more: we're compiling a list of 2026 season announcements, to be updated regularly, for…

MalacaƱang Made Us. Image: Queensland Theatre Company.
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MalacaƱang Made Us review: cancel culture meets martial law

MalacaƱang Made Us, presented by Queensland Theatre Company, shows how one act of resistance can ripple across generations.

Genevieve Hegney and Catherine Moore in Fly Girl. Photo: Prudence Upton.
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Fly Girl review: girl power reaches soaring new heights

The little-known story of Deborah Lawrie, Australia’s first female commercial airline pilot, is presented with equal parts comedy and drama…

Karlis Zaid in The Lucky Country. Photo: Jodie Hutchinson.
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The Lucky Country review: 'absolutely, vitally funny'

A genre-hopping musical comedy, The Lucky Country tackles the question of national identity with real heart and humour.

Krishna Istha presents First Trimester as part of Melbourne Fringe. Image: Jordon Rossi and Emily Drake
Interviews

Krishna Istha's First Trimester: 'Many people are open to giving sperm'

In the ultimate crowd participation show, the trans would-be parent Krishna Istha looks for sperm donors in the audience.

A scene from Canberra Youth Theatre's 2024 production of 'Work, But This Time Like You Mean It'. Two young men sit on a steeply raked stage, comforting one another; both wear black trousers, black shoes and red and white striped collared shirts. Behind them, three people in identical uniforms but wearing surreal chick head masks, sit at the top of the raked stage.
Features

Canberra Youth Theatre tour explores fast food industry’s ā€˜disastrous consequences’

The Sydney tour of ā€˜Work, But This Time Like You Mean It’ has been supported by a $100,000 gift from…

Carly Sheppard in The Blok. Image: Jacinta Keefe.
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THE BLOK! review: it's big, bawdy and bananas – bravo!

Art can save the world, the universe or neither in THE BLOK!, starring Carly Sheppard and Alexis West.

Nikki Shiels and Pamela Rabe in Rebecca at the MTC. Image: Pia Johnson.
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Rebecca review: a dark and deathly dream at the MTC

Anne-Louise Sarks cuts a little too much meat off the bone in Rebecca, but Nikki Shiels excels as always.

Job. Image: Sarah Walker.
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Job review: a riveting psychological thriller at Red Stitch

You can expect to be thinking about Job, by Max Wolf Friedlich, long after the curtain falls.

The Lovers. Image: Brisbane Festival.
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The Lovers review: Shakespeare shaken and stirred for the TikTok generation

Teens and young adults scream, boo, giggle and gasp like they're at a gig during Laura Murphy's The Lovers.

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