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Walking tour review: Stories from Here, Sydney Festival

An audio walking tour that explored the hidden worlds of Bankstown's youth.

The Africultures Festival. A black woman tying a hair and on a white woman at the festival with people around them.
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How Sydney’s cultural festivals cultivate a sense of hope and optimism for Australia’s future

Research finds cultural festivals are meaningful events for the communities they celebrate, as well as enriching experiences for others in…

Stephanie Lake Company’s ‘The Chronicles’ is sure to be a highlight of Sydney Festival 2025 and indeed, the 2025 summer festival season generally. The photo shows five dancers of diverse cultural backgrounds holding hands and collectively leaning to the right, while in the fourground, and much more nrightly lit, a male-presenting dancer lies on their back on the stage, holding up a female-presenting dancer with one hand and one foot. Balance upon his raised extremities, the female-presenting dancer has her right leg and right arm raised in a snapshot of dynamic movement.
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2025 summer festival highlights for your arts diary: part 1

A hand-picked guide to some of the most intriguing cultural events on offer around the country in January.

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Theatre review: Dark Noon, Sydney Festival 2025

An active theatre work that rewrites the narrative of the Wild West with contemporary subtextural readings.

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Major funding secured for the Australian Festival of Chamber Music’s Pathways Program

The AFCM obtained the funding from The Ian Potter Foundation after a record-breaking 2024.

Asia TOPA's newly announced Nightlife program is a dynamic blend of performance art and club culture. A person wearing a fringed cowboy hat, facemask and fringed and laced-up dress poses dramatically, arms raised, before a culturally diverse crowd of young adults.
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Pop-up clubs and performance art announced for Asia TOPA’s Nightlife program

Returning after a five-year hiatus, the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts reflects the many ways people now experience culture, including…

Samuel Gaskin in the 2025 Midsumma Festival production 'HONÅŒUR'. The New Zealand born musician poses dramatically, hands raised and face painted, against a colourful backdrop.
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Midsumma and Mardi Gras programs ensure a queer summer ahead

Asexual comedy, drag kings, lesbian drama, trans theatre and in-your-face gay cabaret feature in the programs of Sydney and Melbourne’s…

Reko Rennie's retrospective is just one of the many activities available in Melbourne this weekend.
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5 things to do in Melbourne this weekend

A deadly festival, foot-stomping celebration of Tina Turner, a 15-metre Rolls-Royce and much more in Melbourne this weekend.

The light installation 'Karla Bidi' will run for the duration of Perth Festival 2025. Six people stand with their backs to the camera beneath a starry sky, on the banks of the Swan River. A bright beam of light rises from the riverbank into the sky before them.
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Responding to and celebrating place: Perth Festival’s 2025 program revealed

Anna Reece discusses some of the highlights of her first Perth Festival as Artistic Director.

Stephen Rea in 'Krapp's Last Tape', one of many international productions in the 2025 Adelaide Festival. The lugubrious, lined, character-rich face of Irish actor Stephen Rea, who sits at a table bearing an old-fashioned reel-to-reel tape recorder.
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Adelaide Festival 2025 brings the world to South Australia

An array of international acts join First Nations artists and Australian companies for the 40th Adelaide Festival.

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