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Sydney Fringe Reviewer Lab: more of the best fringe acts of 2026

The emerging writers in the Sydney Fringe Reviewer Lab round up more festival highlights.

Suzie Miller. Photo: Michele Aboud.
Interviews

Suzie Miller on writing for the page and stage: ‘All I ever want to do is start conversations’

Suzie Miller is appearing around the country, talking about her phenomenal career as a playwright and her latest novel Inter…

Woodward Productions' Little Shop of Horrors (Brisbane 2026). Photo: Supplied.
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Little Shop of Horrors to tour Australia following sell-out Brisbane season

Woodward Productions is taking the cult musical on the road, with audiences hungry for more.

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Dendy Cinemas’ latest program unearths rare films you can’t watch anywhere else in Australia

Das Boot, the full War and Peace and other rare treasures are coming Dendy Cinemas as part of Journeys: Cinematic…

Richard Carroll and Victoria Falconer are preparing to hand over the reins of Hayes Theatre Co. Photo: Harvey House Productions.
Interviews

Australia needs an Off-Broadway. The Hayes Theatre is the answer.

For Richard Carroll and Victoria Falconer, musical theatre isn't a commercial pursuit – it's a living, unruly art form.

Ai Weiwei, Mushrooms, installation view. Photo: Anna Kucera / MCA Australia.
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Ai Weiwei brings the politics of war to the MCA's harbourside lawn

Ai Weiwei's major new public artwork Mushrooms places 500 cast-iron combat helmets on the waterfront by Sydney Harbour.

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'We were right in the firing line': an extract from Elizabeth Ann Macgregor's The Power of the Real

In this extract from her forthcoming memoir The Power of the Real, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor looks back on a critical…

Bell Shakespeare's Mackenzie returns for a 2027 national tour. Photo: Supplied.
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Mackenzie found a new generation of Shakespeare fans – now, it’s going national

In 2027, Bell Shakespeare is taking Yve Blake's Y2K twist on Macbeth on the road.

Photojournalist Lorrie Graham. Photo: Hugh Stewart.
Interviews

5 questions with… Lorrie Graham, legendary photojournalist

The veteran Australian photojournalist reflects on five decades behind the lens, and why trust matters more than ever.

Drag queens perform at opening night for Divine Playhouse. Photo: Anna Hay.
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MCA gives Divine Playhouse a new home after forced closure

The queer arts venue at the centre of a heated debate is being resurrected at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art.

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