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Music review: Beth Gibbons, RISING, Hamer Hall

The celestial vocal stylings of Portishead's lead singer shone in a concert drawn from her first solo album.

A photo of an old-school box television displaying noise. There are two pot plants on both sides of the tv, and the domestic scene is covered in a red tone.
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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week: Queensland literary judges resign, David Attenborough at 99, ‘Vandemonian Lags’ reviewed…

A fair-skinned woman with wavy blonde hair bites one nail as she contemplates a budding tree branch. The scene is lit with a soft, warm light. A scene from the play 'Ripening' by Citizen Theatre.
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Theatre review: Ripening, Gasworks Arts Park

A heartfelt look at the intense experience of navigating pregnancy and childbirth in today’s Western medical system.

Two female road workers dressed in white helmets and orange hi-vis jackets sit in folding chairs. They nurse cups of tea and a Stop sign is drapped across their laps. A traffic cone is visible behind them.
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Theatre review: How To Hold A Sign, The Butterfly Club

An insightful and accessible exploration of the challenges faced by women working in the construction industry.

Two women in white Regency-style dresses. A promotional image for the production 'Austen in Therapy'.
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Theatre review: Austen in Therapy, Abbotsford Convent

Jane Austen lovers will find this enjoyable if they can look past the lacklustre production.

A woman standing at a stove. She's holding onto a red oven mitt. A scene from in Mi Todo Productions' 'Mary Jane' at The Old Fitz Theatre, 2025.
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Theatre review: Mary Jane, Old Fitz Theatre

An intimate portrait of a woman caring for her chronically ill son.

Two men sitting on a flight of white stairs. They are wearing shorts and white suit jackets adorned with palm trees. One of pair has a blank white mask, hat and sunglasses; the man to his left was a tanned face and a moustache.
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Theatre review: The Anarchy (1138-53), KXT on Broadway

An experimental and inventive production that will provoke and pique curiosity.

A young Aboriginal man in a black suit standing next to a large silver steel door frame.
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Theatre review: Blue, State Theatre Centre of WA 

'Blue' will kick you right in the heart; make sure your mascara is waterproof.

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Installation review: Endling, Vivid Sydney

A solo act that combines  projections, sound and narration with confined aerial and physical theatre.

A photo of a gray-blue night sky with drones forming the outlines of a fox head. Some audiences are taking out their phones to capture a photo in the rows in front.
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Event review: DroneArt Show, Caulfield Racecourse

Over-hyped drone show delivered barely-there spectacle.

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