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A man and a woman in Regency costume are holding hands and facing one another in Pride and Prejudice.
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Pride and Prejudice review: a modern iteration by Bloomshed at Darebin Arts Centre

A thoroughly modern take on the marriage market of Pride and Prejudice.

Music and emotion. Image: Wesley Tingey on Unsplash.
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Why do I feel so emotional hearing music from my teenage years?

The way music communicates and evokes emotion is what makes it so important – particularly during the teenage years.

Opportunities, grants & awards. Image: Marty O’Neill on Unsplash.
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Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 4 to 10 August 2025

Now open: 2026 Stella Prize, Emerging Artist Award, Songwriting Competition, Peter Porter Poetry Prize and more grants and opportunities.

The artist Loribelle Spirovski (a young woman with brown hair in an up do smiling) with her hand on the shoulder of her sitter, William Barton (a middle-aged Aboriginal man holding a didgeridoo) in front of a large portrait painting of Barton sitting at in a room with a similar position.
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Arts prize winners and finalists: 29 July to 4 August 2025

William Barton portrait awarded Archibald People's Choice, memoir of war wins National Biography Award. This week's prize winners and finalists.

Melbourne's Butterfly Club has closed, sending shockwaves through the independent sector. The photo depicts a dead butterfly, partially crushed on a sandy beach.
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How the independent sector rallied after The Butterfly Club’s shock closure

Indie companies and venues discuss the implications of The Butterfly Club’s closure, and sound a warning for the future of…

A promotional image for La Boite and Dead Puppet Society's climate change production, 'We're All Gonna Die!'. The photo shows a female Asian-Australian actor's shocked looking face as they are engulfed by spreading rubbish and garbage.
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We're All Gonna Die! – Maddie Nixon's climate show 'smashes Brisbane's buildings'

We’re All Gonna Die! embraces a monstrous metaphor, with the help of Dead Puppet Society and La Boite.

Grief is the Thing with Feathers. Image: Brett Boardman/ Belvoir Street Theatre.
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Grief is the Thing with Feathers review: Belvoir St Theatre struggles

Belvoir St Theatre's adaptation of Grief is the Thing with Feathers has the potential to reach excellence, but ...

Better Man, directed by Michael Gracey (who is helming the Pavarotti musical). Image: Village Roadshow.
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Pavarotti: Better Man director Michael Gracey to helm biographical stage musical

Michael Gracey will direct a new stage musical based on Luciano Pavarotti.

Best new non-fiction in Australia August 2025. Image: Attentie Attentie on Unsplash.
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Best new non-fiction books in Australia August 2025

Discover the best new non-fiction books to read in August 2025.

New books in Australia in August. Finde Zukunft on Unsplash.
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Best new books published August 2025 in Australia

Your guide to the best new books to read in August 2025.

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