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A large snake head worn by some actors with lights coming out of the eye. Gurril Storm Bird
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Theatre review: Gurril Storm Bird, Out of the Box Festival, QPAC

Celebrating and advocating for First Nations culture, this is an example of children's theatre getting it absolutely right...

A male acrobat performs the splits, his body held aloft by aerial straps, in a scene from 'La Clique' at Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
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Performance review: La Clique, Adelaide Cabaret Festival

Award-winning phenomenon La Clique celebrates its 20th anniversary at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

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Australian Design Centre loses state and federal funding, faces uncertain future

‘Without core operational funding it is difficult to see how ADC can continue in its current form,’ the organisation warned.

Two men and two women stand beside small work tables.
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Theatre review: Never Have I Ever, Heath Ledger Theatre

A play about privilege, power and posing as progressive.

contemporary dance: a dark stage with the faces and upper bodies of five dancers costumed in black. Their faces and arms standout against the black as they hold each other in a communal embrace.
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Dance review: GATHERING.1, Liberty Theatre, Perth

Is it a dance party or a mixed-bill dance show made for audience interaction? And does it matter? For most,…

An annoyed looking cat. It has light brownish fur.
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10 pet peeves about books

Some of the little things that annoy readers before they even read a page.

A figure cropped off from the right of the photo only showing their hand holding a beaker-like mug.
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The festival that wants to put a scientist in every pub

Beaker Street Festival returns to Hobart from 12-19 August with flagship Roving Scientists Bar, the Beaker Street Debate and more.

A still from Andrew Burrell's single channel video 'Miner’s Journey' as featured in 'North Terrace: worlds in relief' at Samstag Museum of Art, Tarntanya/Adelaide. An artistic image featuring a stylised digital depiction of a bird, its wings opening as if readying itself to fly, perched on a digital twig. A vivid, thin green line bisects the image, running horizontally from lower left to upper right.
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New sculptural works and North Terrace stories feature in Samstag’s 2025 Kudlila season

A German-born, Adelaide-based artist’s recent works and a group exhibition exploring the contested history of the city’s ‘cultural boulevard’ open…

Two women crouched down, wearing period costume. Their heads are touching.
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Theatre review: The Half-Life of Marie Curie, Ensemble Theatre

A play that explores the friendship of two women of science.

Members of the community choir rehearse for 'The Palace'. an artistic commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Childers, Qld Backpackers' fire of 2000. Pictured are a group of 13 people, ranging in age from seniors to people in their 30s, rehearsing a song in a country hall meeting room.
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New song cycle commemorates 25th anniversary of the Childers Backpackers Hostel fire

‘The Palace’, a collaboration between the community of Childers, Queensland music ensemble Topology and writer/director Rod Ainsworth, has its world…

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