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Applications are now open for Sydney Fringe 2026. Photo: Paul McMillan.
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Connor Morel's Good Man at Adelaide Fringe 2026.
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Good Man review: a rock-cabaret about rejecting toxic masculinity, at Adelaide Fringe

Connor Morel looks back on his younger exploits with the benefits of hindsight and the backing of a tight and…

Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker at Adelaide Festival 2026. Cocker, a fair-skinned, middle aged man with glasses, raises his right hand high and sings loudly into a microphone. A video screen behind him shows dazzling, colourful images.
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‘All voices should be heard’, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker tells Adelaide Festival crowd

Cocker's pointed reference to an earlier censorship issue was made as Pulp played the opening night of Adelaide Festival 2026.

Ludovico Di Ubaldo and Charles Dashwood in Ihsan Rustem’s Incandescence for West Australian Ballet's Ballet at the Quarry: Incandescence, 2026. Two shirtless male dancers, one with his back to the camera. The man facing the camera tender holds the other man's head in his right hand. A line of internally illuminated PVC piping physically seperates them.
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Ballet at the Quarry: Incandescence review: four world premieres danced under the stars

A Perth Festival staple, this outdoor performance features four new commissions, including Ihsan Rustem’s stunning Incandescence.

Kate Holmes in Prima Facie. Image: NORPA.
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Prima Facie review: a relentless force of a play

There is a reason Prima Facie has become a global phenomenon, and this NORPA production delivers.

Louisa Fitzhardinge presents Comma Sutra. Photo: Sean Breadsell.
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Comma Sutra review: quirky etymological fun at FRINGE WORLD

Comma Sutra is a hilarious comedy act all about words and language.

Travis Alabanza in BURGERZ. Photo: Dorothea Tuch.
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BURGERZ review: juicy queer theatre transforms hate into hope

Travis Alabanza's hilarious twist on a live cooking show confronts transphobia and invites connection.

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…

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.

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Cluedo review: comedy-thriller brings the board game to life

A board game turned cult film turned stage show, Cluedo is screwball comedy crowd pleaser.

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