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A young man with blood on his hands. The Talented Mr Ripley.
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The Talented Mr Ripley review: STC production brings a well-known tale to stage

Patricia Highsmith's novel is adapted with theatrical shadow, light and dark.

A man and a woman sitting next to one another. He's holding up a wine bottle. Sarah Morrison and Bobby Fox in Ordinary Days.
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Ordinary Days review: a new New-York set musical at fortyfivedownstairs

Ordinary Days is an ode to chance encounters and the magic waiting to be found in metropolitan life

Thomas Vowles, author of Our New Gods. Image: UQP.

Our New Gods by Thomas Vowles review: a sexy queer debut novel set in Melbourne

Our New Gods moves what could have been a predictable coming-of-age story in an exciting new direction.

A gallery wall painted blue, orange, white and yellow (in that order) showcasing a series of different artworks at Artbank.
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Artbank On Display review: 45 years worth celebrating

More showroom than exhibition, 'On Display' offers a glimpse into the calibre of Artbank’s collection and is testament to its…

Three women manipulating two bird puppets in a production of Lost and Finding.
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Lost and Finding review: raw energy at Flight Path Theatre

Lost and Finding is a fantastical comedy with a sense of adventure (and puppets).

Rhett Davis, a profile photo of a man with short grey hair. Author of Arborescence.
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Arborescence review: Rhett Davis' novel takes 'tree change' to a new level

Arborescence is speculative fiction at its best: an end-of-world story that offers green leaves of hope.

Small black and white photographers arranged in two clusters on either side of two mirrors, each with a small photographer in the centre. Man Ray and Max Dupain at Heide.
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Man Ray and Max Dupain review: an exhibition exploring two important 20th century artists

Man Ray and Max Dupain's photographic works span still life, nudes, portraits, fashion and advertising.

Detail from Would That I Were A Fortress cover art, by June Jones. Image: Arkie Barton & June Jones.
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Would That It Were a Fortress review: June Jones EP is a chrysalis

June Jones’ music is intensely personal, interrogating gender identity, mental health, disability and what healing might look like.

A man, Ian Stenlake, sitting in a chair near a shuttered blind in The 39 Steps.
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The 39 Steps review: Hitchcock gets the slapstick treatment

Hitchcock spy thriller meets Monty Python-style humour in The 39 Steps, a rollicking action-comedy. 

A profile of a woman with short silver hair, Lynette Ramsay Silver, author of Sister Bullwinkel.
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Sister Bullwinkel review: a biography by Lynette Ramsay Silver tackles the truth after 80 years

Lynette Ramsay Silver’s account about Sister Bullwinkel, Australia's wartime nurse, makes for grim reading, but we shouldn’t look away.

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