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Troy. Image: Pia Johnson.
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Troy review: a mythical marvel at the Malthouse

Straddling mythology and today’s brutal truths, the Malthouse production of Troy towers mightily.

Congratulations, Get Rich! Image: Stephen Henry.
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Congratulations, Get Rich! review: ghosts, trauma, culture and karaoke

Congratulations, Get Rich! is a bold new work by Merlynn Tong exploring mother-daughter relationships, multigenerational trauma and legacy.

Back to Bilo. Image: Morgan Roberts.
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Back to Bilo review: the Nadesalingam family's story steals the show in Brisbane

Back to Bilo is a powerful piece of theatre with connection, care and community at its core.

Life is a Dream. Image: Belvoir.
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Life is a Dream review: a classic comes alive at Belvoir

Segismundo has spent his life in his bedroom, unaware he's the prince of Poland, in Life is a Dream.

Toni Jordan, author of Tenderfoot. Image: Hachette Australia.
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Tenderfoot review: Toni Jordan's engrossing page-turning saga

Tenderfoot is told from the point of view of 12-year-old Andie Tanner as remembered by her very much older self.

Dancers Juan Carlos Osma and Alexa Tuzil in Butterfly Effect. Image: Stef King and VML.
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Butterfly Effect review: WA Ballet's beautifully weaved production

The standing ovation for the world premiere of WA Ballet's Butterfly Effect was fully justified.

Elizabeth Gilbert. Image: Deborah Lopez.
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All the Way to the River review: Elizabeth Gilbert gets personal again

All the Way to the River chronicles Gilbert's decades-long friendship and romance with Rayya Elias.

No Dancing in the Lift, by Mandy Sayer. Image: Transit Lounge.
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No Dancing in the Lift, Mandy Sayer review: a vivid memoir

Sayer's No Dancing in the Lift paints an intimate portrait of an unconventional childhood.

Rhett Davis, a profile photo of a man with short grey hair. Author of Arborescence.
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Arborescence review: Rhett Davis' novel takes 'tree change' to a new level

Arborescence is speculative fiction at its best: an end-of-world story that offers green leaves of hope.

Detail from Would That I Were A Fortress cover art, by June Jones. Image: Arkie Barton & June Jones.
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Would That It Were a Fortress review: June Jones EP is a chrysalis

June Jones’ music is intensely personal, interrogating gender identity, mental health, disability and what healing might look like.

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