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Theatre of Dreams at Adelaide Festival 2026. Photo: Andrew Beveridge.
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Theatre of Dreams review: dance that channels such stuff as dreams are made on

Theatre of Dreams explored what happens when we close our eyes and drift away.

Rosalie Gascoigne. Installation view, Sky, Earth, Water, Bundanon. Photo: Zan Wimberley.
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Sky, Earth, Water review: a powerful exhibition about the elements that centres Rosalie Gascoigne

Alongside three First Nations artists, Bundanon explores artist Rosalie Gascoigne’s material connection with landscape.

I’m a maker, not a factory. Photo: Bob van Aubel / Unsplash.
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Makers are not factories, so stop treating us like one

In the rush to scale up, many makers lose sight of the value of slow making.

Head On Photo Festival opening night event
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Best opportunities, grants & awards for creatives: 16 to 22 March 2026

This week: enter one of the world's most respected photo festivals, dance your way to Greece, and more.

Installation view, 25th Biennale of Sydney: Rememory, Chau Chak Wing Museum, showing Benjamin Work’s PÁPAAKI at front and Khalil Rabah’s Common Threads at rear.
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Biennale of Sydney review: a world, and an organisation, in decline

This Biennale of Sydney feels less like a single exhibition than a constellation of scattered fragments losing its capacity to…

Jonny Pasvolsky. Photo: Supplied. The CAN Principle.
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The CAN Principle review: Jonny Pasvolsky’s hilarious take on hope and can-do hucksters

In his one-man comedy act The CAN Principle, Jonny Pasvolsky shares a quick guide to 'can-lightenment'.

Stella Prize Longlist 2026
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Stella Prize 2026 longlist celebrates the power of memory, truth and creative fiction

Twelve works are in the running for the Stella Prize, Australia's major literary award for women and non-binary writers.

The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin. Photo: Brett Boardman.
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The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin review: landmark 1970s play revived for a new audience

Some 50 years on, The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin remains just as urgent as ever.

A scene from Florentina Holzinger's 'A year without summer', programmed for RISING 2026. Ten culturally and physically diverse performers wearing hospital whites (including a person lying on a hospital bed and another using a walking frame) sing in front of a larger-than-life nude female torso. Six more white-clad performers are visible at the rear of the stage, performing on a raised, industrial-looking platform.
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RISING 2026 is dominated by dance and contemporary music

The inaugural Australian Dance Biennale and an expansive music program make up a considerable part of the 2026 RISING program.

Isabelle Huppert in Mary Said What She Said at Adelaide Festival 2026. Photo: Lucie Jansch.
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Mary Said What She Said review: Isabelle Huppert's masterful turn as Mary Queen of Scots

The French actor delivered an unforgettable and commanding performance in Mary Said What She Said at Adelaide Festival.

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