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Five people wearing suits stand across a dark stage, with the large word SILENCE above their heads. Truth at Malthouse.
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Theatre review: Truth, Merlyn Theatre, Malthouse

Patricia Cornelius' latest play tells the story of the WikiLeaks founder who 'wanted to change the world'.

A young woman wearing a black dress with red trim has one arm over her head and one by her stomach.
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Theatre review: Short + Sweet Sydney Opening Week, Heat 1, 2025

A competition to find the best 10-minute play. The first heat was of mixed quality.

Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli. Garland is using an eyebrow brush. Minnelli has a black hat on.
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Performance review: Liza's Good Judy, Motley Bauhaus, midsumma festival

Classic songs in an ambitious tribute to, and exploration of, legends Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli.

Six dancers wearing singlets and undies and skull-fitting caps are in various states of contortion.
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Dance review: Tantrum for 6, Northcote Town Hall

Six new beings navigate their world in a contemporary dance exploration of primal infancy and growth.

A young man in a singlet standing in profile and leaning his arms back on a green bench.
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Theatre Review: Cruise, KXT on Broadway, Mardi Gras

Jack Holden’s Olivier Award-nominated play arrives in Australia for Sydney’s Mardi Gras.

Inside the Royal Exhibition Building.
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Opera review: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Royal Exhibition Building

Melbourne Opera stays well within its comfort zone for Wagner’s epic comedy.  

A drag queen dressed in a suited skirt combo, holding onto an old- fashioned phone and sitting on a desk.
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Performance review: Confessions of a Drag Queen Accountant, Skye Scraper, His Majesty's Theatre, FRINGE WORLD

A dynamic evening of salacious storytelling.

A woman standing at a podium. Behind her is an American flag.
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Theatre review: POTUS, fortyfivedownstairs

A satirical farce with a conceit and style very similar to 'Veep' that can’t quite compare.

Tim Minchin and band performing ‘Tim Minchin – First at the Foundry’ at the Foundry Theatre, Sydney. The photo shows Minchin, a fair-skinned man with shoulder length hair and wearing a white shirt and dark trousers, caught mid-song. His arms are stretched wide and four musicians are visible on the stage behind him; the other half of the photo shows the audience members at the Foundry Theatre.
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Theatre review: Tim Minchin – First at the Foundry

The Australian performer christened the stage of the new Foundry Theatre with a show that was equal parts brilliant and…

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Theatre review: Mahabharata, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Festival

Epic storytelling, cast and set design.

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