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Hot Chip at Sydney Festival. Photo: Victor Frankowski.
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Hot Chip review: joy in repetition at the Sydney Opera House

Returning to Australia as part of Sydney Festival, Hot Chip showed why they are such beloved musical icons.

Mama Does Derby. Photo: Claudio Raschella.
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Mama Does Derby review: wheeling onto stage with brutal tenderness

Despite the roller derby chaos, the real heart of Mama Does Derby is in how it portrays a complex mother-daughter…

The Importance of Being Miserable: cover art and author Eamon Evans. Evans is a fair skinned 30-something man with blonde hair, wearing a dark blue tailored jacket over a black t-shirt, and holding up a blue texta in his left hand.
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The Importance of Being Miserable review: a bracing antidote to happiness culture

Equal parts cultural history and philosophical takedown, The Importance of Being Miserable finds humour, clarity and unexpected hope in life’s…

A scene from Hamlet Camp, now playing at Carriageworks. Three fair-skinned, middle aged men dressed in white, are photographed in the midst of an intense performance.
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Hamlet Camp review: 'To be, or not to be' as an occupational hazard

Quick, funny, and uncomfortably human, Hamlet Camp drags you into a world where art won’t let go, and neither will…

Julia Phillips' Observer, Observed at Sydney Festival 2026. A man ion a white Terry Towling hat peers through a pair of bespoke binoculars, which form part of the artwork.
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Observer, Observed review: public art about public surveillance for Sydney Festival

Julia Phillips’ art installation on Pyrmont Bridge encourages us to reflect on our willingness to participate in the surveillance state.

A dance sequence from Post-Orientalist Express, 2026. A shirtless male dancer poised on one foot with his arms extended; he wears a colourful headdress and costume.
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Post-Orientalist Express review: spectacle, parody, and the limits of post-orientalist dance in a festival economy

A fascinating but unresolved Sydney Festival production by avant-garde Korean choreographer Eun-Me Ahn.

The Comedy of Errors. Photo: Grant Leslie Photography / Sport For Jove Theatre Co.
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The Comedy of Errors review: a riotous modern take on Shakespeare's comedy

Sport for Jove's production of The Comedy of Errors gives the Bard's absurd comedy a few modern twists.

I Love My Computer – Ninajirachi. Image: NLV Records. Best Australian Albums and EPs.
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Best 10 Australian albums and EPs of 2025

It's been a great year for Australian albums and EPs – here are 10 of the very best.

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Slam poets prepare for the 2025 Bread & Butter Poetry Slampionship at Sydney Opera House

A regular slam poetry night is moving to the stage of the Sydney Opera House to decide the 2025 Bread…

Shrimp Show. Installation view, Velvet Lobster. Photo: Supplied.
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Shrimp Show review: Velvet Lobster shines a light on emerging Australian artists

Shrimp Show marks the first anniversary of this exciting new Sydney gallery.

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