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English review: an insistently brilliant prize-winning play

Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play takes to the Seymour Centre stage for its Sydney debut.

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Funny Tonne MICF reviews: Dan Rath, Grace Jarvis, Kate Dehnert, Kate Dolan, Lara Ricote and more

ArtsHub brings you the first batch of reviews from the Funny Tonne 2026, MICF's long-running competition for fledgling reviewers.

Belvoir St Theatre's Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead. Photo: Brett Boardman.
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead review: a long slog with flashes of brilliance

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is a bloated beast of a play – but not without…

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The Last Ship review: Sting performs his 'deeply personal' musical in Brisbane

Sting’s childhood-inspired musical The Last Ship is a beautifully crafted, well-realised story of defiance tempered with hope.

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Maitreyi Karanth – Maitriarchy review: boldness and bravura in action

Maitreyi Karanth has been doing stand up for less than a decade but has the stamina and delivery of a…

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Anisa Nandaula – No Small Talk review: TikTok star continues her rise at MICF

A Ugandan by way of Queensland, Anisa Nandaula is one to watch.

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The Paradise Pact by Anita Heiss review: a beach read with a backstory

Heiss' The Paradise Pact is a holiday read with history lessons woven into every page.

Lou Wall presents Where Are All the Tall Grandmas? at Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Photo: Supplied. MICF
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Lou Wall – Where Are All the Tall Grandmas? review: 'warm, mischief-tinged energy' at MICF

Lou Wall’s mission to find tall old ladies takes unexpected turns at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

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Keep the Chains Tight review: artist Kiera Brew Kurec considers Ukrainian traditions

In her latest performance work, Ukrainian-Australian artist Kiera Brew Kurec explored the labour involved in holding onto tradition.

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Department of the Vanishing review: Johanna Bell's lyrical novel is 'monumentally memorable'

Known for her children's picture books, Johanna Bell has stepped boldly into adult fiction with the remarkable Department of the…

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