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Three dancers, Oli Mathiesen, Lucy Lynch and Sharvon Mortimer, are dressed in rave gear and are posing and singing.
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Dance review: The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave, Abbotsford Convent

A feat of dance endurance so full of energy and swagger you wanted to join in on the fun.

A young man with brown floppy hair, Arthur Hull.
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Performance review: Flop, Trades Hall

Celebrating the blood, sweat and talent invested in Broadway’s least successful musicals, Arthur Hull more than delivers the goods in…

An Indian man, Ceejay Singh, is standing next to three signposts that say 'New Dehli,'Adelaide' and 'Sydney'
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Comedy Review: The Good Immigrant, Trades Hall

A new Indian immigrant to Australia reflects on culture shocks and similarities between the two countries.

A small circus tent with an audience watching four acrobats, with two men at the bottom balancing upside down women on their hands. So Soiree

So Soiree – a Melbourne Fringe Festival smorgasbord

Bawdy burlesque to camp comedy and a smattering of family fare, So Soiree becomes Prahran's playground this Melbourne Fringe Festival.

A woman in a pink party hat with streamers behind her is sitting in a coffin. The Dilly Dally of Death and Dying.
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Performance review: The Dilly Dally of Death and Dying, Trades Hall

An ambitious but slightly confused adventure about being diagnosed with terminal or chronic illness.

A brunette man, Jacob Sacher, with glasses and a moustache is wearing a floppy red hat. He's staring at a ping pong ball that's coming towards him. Jacob Sacher in Promising Young Mensch.
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Performance review: Promising Young Mensch, Trades Hall

What does it take to be a good person and how does one prevail when innocence is corrupted?

Four women of 'Grrrl Power' in shades of green, blue and purple.
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Performance review: GRRRL Power, Trades Hall

A celebration of girl bands over the past 80 years.

A woman with short blonde curls wearing a strapless top is holding a can of VB beer. There are two kewpie dolls behind her on a white sheet background. This is the dust we're in by Hot Lunch.
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Theatre review: This is the dust we’re in, Meat Market Stables

A tribute to Ray Lawler's iconic play, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.

Against a fiery background a man is starring at his metal counterpart. Beowulf: Reforged.
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Theatre review: Beowulf: Reforged, Waterside Forge

A must-see hour of storytelling for fans of folklore, fantasy and the storytelling art form itself.

Seven women dressed in pink netball uniform are standing with their coach, who's in the middle holding up the netball.
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Theatre review: Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence, Trades Hall

Competition to get to the netball top - Shakespearean ambition as cabaret.

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