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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.

An installation at Mona (Museum of Old and New Art) where molten steel drips from the ceiling and create massive sparks. Some visitors look on from a bench.
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Exhibition review: Arcangelo Sassolino: in the end, the beginning, Mona

Contemplations around life and destruction are provoked by the first Australian exhibition by Italian artist Arcangelo Sassolino.

A large outdoor installation showing the words in white neon capitals ‘I’VE CREATED A NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM | TAKE A KNEE AND SCREAM UNTIL YOU CAN’T BREATHE”.
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Festival review: Dark Mofo 2025 Week One

Dark Mofo returns to the embrace of an enthusiastic crowd after a one-year hiatus. Here are the top 2025 highlights.

'Crash Body' by Paula Garcia, Dark Mofo 2025. Two cars, one yellow, one black, collide head-on under spotlights in a dramatic, moodily-lit photograph.
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Dark Mofo 2025: the art of screaming and a literal car crash

Featuring artistic provocations, free visual art experiences and a number of exclusive international acts, the program for Dark Mofo 2025…

The Big Sing at Festival of Voices.
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Festival of Voices celebrates 20 years of community through song

The 20th anniversary Festival of Voices program honours the past while looking firmly to the future.

An installation shot of an artwork involving molten steel dripping from the ceiling from multiple outlets into shallow baths of water. To be shown at Mona for Dark Mofo 2025.
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1500-degree molten steel installation, inspired by Caravaggio, to drip from the ceiling of Mona

A 2022 Venice Biennale commission by Italian artist Arcangelo Sassolino will be recreated for Mona in time for Dark Mofo…

Three jars with preserved sheep heads, softly illuminated in white light from above. Dark Mofo 2025.
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Dark Mofo 2025 makes first announcement, already generating controversy

Dark Mofo 2025 includes a new commission from Nathan Maynard involving flesh and its marketing campaign has come under fire.

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Ballet review: Relâche: The Last Dance on Earth, Odeon Theatre, Hobart 

A fusion of dance, Dadaist performance art and silent film.

A photograph of comedian Zoë Coombs Marr, a Caucasian woman with long brown hair and a short-sleeved brown T shirt. She is resting her chin on one hand, but both hands are wearing oversize gloves that look like real hands.
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Hobart Festival of Comedy returns in 2025 with line-up now announced

After a successful inaugural event this year, the Comedy Festival will return in 2025 to showcase local and international acts.

Night Mass, Dark Mofo 2023. A big crowd gathered beneath a stage where a solo performer is cast in electric red light.
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Dark Mofo announces full return in 2025 after one-year hiatus

Pre-sale tickets for Night Mass, Dark Mofo’s signature city takeover, will go live on 5 November.

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