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Evelyn Araluen speaking on the craft of writing at a previous Blak & Bright event. Photo: James Henry.
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Blak & Bright Writers Festival asks who has the right to offend?

Authors at this year's Blak & Bright Writers Festival will gather to discuss censorship, resistance and who is punished for…

Anna Funder, best-selling Australian author. Image: Michelle Aboud.
Interviews

Anna Funder: 'I have zero interest in a book produced by a machine'

Ahead of her international tour, author Anna Funder speaks to ArtsHub about why we need to hold onto storytelling in…

Pretty Woman The Musical. Photo: Daniel Boud.
Features

Can Pretty Woman nab the fairytale ending and make it on stage in Australia?

After the worrying early closures of Beetlejuice and Back to the Future, the movie-to-musical path is no longer a guarantee…

Grey Gardens, presented by Clovelly Fox and Fortyfivedownstairs. Photo: Ben Fon.
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Grey Gardens review: the strange story of the cult documentary turned musical

This Melbourne production is for fans of hidden musical theatre gems and admirers of the original Grey Gardens documentary.

Gunawarra Re-Creation. Photo: Jacinta Keefe Photography.
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Gunawarra Re-creation review: an astonishing reframing of creation myths

If you missed Gunawarra Re-creation a couple of years back, Ilbijerri is remounting Isobel Morphy-Walsh’s powerful work for NAIDOC Week.

'Pulse' to debut at La Mama HOPE PUNK Climate Festival. Photo: Isabel Knight.
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As Australia's theatre sector battles crisis, La Mama fights back with a 'hope punk' festival

Melbourne's La Mama is turning despair into action with the Hope Punk Climate Festival this September.

The Teskey Brothers to headline MIJF 2026. Photo: Ian Laidlaw.
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The Teskey Brothers to open Melbourne International Jazz Festival

The Aussie blues legends will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their breakout debut album, Half Mile Harvest, at this year's…

Suzy Eddie Izzard's one-woman show of Hamlet is currently touring Australia. Image: Supplied.
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Eddie Izzard’s Hamlet review: what a piece of work!

Suzy Eddie Izzard says it’s a particularly audacious time for a trans woman to be touring a one-person production of…

The Institute of Modern Art's Platform artists for 2027 with, from left, Daniel Sherington, Amanda Bennetts, Prita Tina Yeganeh, Savannah Jarvis and Adam Cole. Photo: Josef Ruckli.
Interviews

The early-career artists making it onto the biggest stages

ArtsHub speaks to five artists coming through initiatives to spotlight and elevate early-career talent.

Madeleine Sami and Genevieve Morris in Losing Face. Photo: Pia Johnson.
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Losing Face review: sloppy, shallow and unfunny

Marieke Hardy’s Losing Face, now playing at MTC, is a soggy satire has no clue what its trying to say…

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