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

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

Andrew Pippos, author of The Transformations. Photo: Wes Nel.
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The Transformations review: Andrew Pippos crafts a rich and realistic mid-life awakening

In The Transformations, Andrew Pippos deftly explores a journalist's personal metamorphosis.

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…

New performance venue Lango at Footscray Community Arts. An artist's render of the outdoor performance space, showing the stage and the three overlapping architectural shells arcing above it.
News

New performance venues in Melbourne and Brisbane

A revitalised indie theatre complex in Brisbane’s Petrie Terrace is one of several new performance venues.

Readers and Writers Against the Genocide group photo in May 2025. Image: RWAG.
Opinions & Analysis

Why I started Readers and Writers Against the Genocide (RWAG)

'As a literary community, we trade in creative freedom, free speech and the contestation of ideas,' says RWAG founder Aviva…

The Colleano family, subject of the film, The Colleano Heart. Image: The Colleano Heart.
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The Colleano Heart review: a remarkable Aboriginal success story 

Shapeshifting for decades to avoid detection as Aboriginal, The Colleano Heart follows a remarkable family of circus performers who won…

Boorloo Contemporary at East Perth Power Station (seen here in 2025) returns for Perth Festival 2026. An industrial-looking building lit up by brightly coloured projects, and photographed from the air at night; a large crowd is gathered in the building's expansive courtyard.
Interviews

Perth Festival 2026 makes the most of its city’s cultural infrastructure shortage

Artistic Director Anna Reece reveals how her second Perth Festival takes over the city’s public and private spaces.

Banquet. Photo: Viva Circus.
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Banquet review: captivating circus tackles the big issues

This innovative performance uses circus arts to explore class themes, but who's invited to the banquet?

elderly man dressed in dark colors looking serious with one eye patch. Salman Rushdie
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Salman Rushdie to speak in Melbourne and Sydney in 2026

Salman Rushdie will deliver a one-night-only address in Melbourne and Sydney in 2026.

youth arts: a photo of two teenage girls standing in an art gallery space looking at two contemporary art paintings that hang on two different walls of the gallery.
Features

Government policy champions youth arts, so why is funding slipping?

The benefits for young people are well documented, but leaders in youth arts say greater commitment is needed.

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