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Melbourne Fringe. Two women with bustieres and frill collars, plus high ponytails face the camera.
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Performance Reviews: HIGH PONY, LOOPS, Black Widow, Melbourne Fringe Festival

Four Melbourne Fringe Festival works show the range on offer, from comedy to circus, cabaret and street tours.

Tight Mums. Four women dressed in orange or black and red. One is seated, another is crouching over and the other two standing.

Comedy review: Tight Mums, Loose Units, Trades Hall, Melbourne Fringe Festival

Hysterical tongue-in-cheek Tight Mums dishing the dirt on married life and divorce. 

Tender. A tangle of naked bodies on a steel cube against a black background.
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Performance review: Tender, the Vault, Sydney Fringe Festival

This circus cabaret hybrid explores a disassembling of gender constructs in its fluid meld of bodies.

Shadow Boxing. A bare-chested man in profile takes a boxing stance.
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Theatre review: Shadow Boxing, Emerging Artists’ Sharehouse, Sydney Fringe

A raw and vivid production exploring the crossover between masculinity, sexuality, violence and identity.

the little mermaid. Woman with long red hair and mermaid costume stands on stage.
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Musical review: The Little Mermaid, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, WA

Better than Broadway, this production was perfectly cast, exquisitely choreographed and aesthetically executed.

A conductor on the left conducting the Sydney Chamber Choir on the right.
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Music review: The Human Spirit, Sydney Conservatorium of Music

The human spirit is evoked through the human voice.

Conditions of Growth. Image show a backdrop of nature with four silhouettes in the foreground and a grand piano behind.
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Multimedia review: Conditions of Growth, Holmes à Court Gallery, WA

This collaborative project brought together light, choreography, animation and music to celebrate nature.

Dreams. Two men side by side, one on the left in a black shirt, one on the right with a beard, grey shirt and holding a violin.
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Music review: Dreams, Symphony Series 7, Adelaide Town Hall

Musical dreams really do come true at the Adelaide Town Hall.

Love, Lust, Lost
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Theatre review: Love, Lust, Lost, Austral Picture Theatre

This immersive theatre show ensures a different viewing experience every night.

Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) conducted by Umberto Clerici in 2023. Image: Stewart Tyrrell.
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Music review: Clerici Conducts Mahler, Concert Hall, QPAC

Mahler’s Sixth Symphony was given expert treatment with the assistance of a supercharged orchestra.

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