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Photo: Jill Kerswill. Left: Photo of Melanie Saward, a woman with light skin and bright pink hair sitting with her hand across her lap, wearing a floral pink dress. In the background is a shelf filled with books. Right: Cover of 'Burn', depicting a shadow of a boy standing against a large flame.
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Book review: Burn, Melanie Saward

A powerful debut fiction that reveals unsettling answers to 'Why are good kids misbehaving?'.

‘John Nixon—Four Decades, Five Hundred Prints’ installation view at Geelong Gallery. Photo: ArtsHub. Exhibition space with white wall and timber floor, filled with prints and works on paper displayed on wooden tables.
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Exhibition review: John Nixon – Four Decades, Five Hundred Prints, Geelong Gallery

An expansive collection of prints by John Nixon reveals his philosophy about blurring the boundaries between art and life.

‘John Meade: It’s Personal!’ installation view at McClelland Gallery. Photo: ArtsHub.
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Exhibition review: John Meade: It’s Personal!, McClelland Gallery

Humble in scale, but deliciously rich, John Meade’s solo exhibition plays on form and entices intimate viewing.

projected imagery around a venue recreating a circus like environment.
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Immersive performance review: Dream Circus, Luna Park

Luna Park's immersive experience is a great idea, but a $15 million dud for Sydney.

ArtsHub editors Thuy On and Richard Watts presenting the Crafting Insightful Criticism workshop at The Channel, Arts Centre Melbourne. Photo: ArtsHub. Two figures sit on stage beside a small coffee table with purple lighting. The figure on the left has black long hair and wearing a black dress with stockings and ankle boots. The figure on the right has grey short hair and a mid-length beard, wearing a black shirt, black pants and converse sneakers.
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ArtsHub writing workshop 1: Crafting insightful criticism

Performing Arts Editor, Richard Watts, and our Reviews Editor, Thuy On share their tips and examples on what makes a…

'ARA DOLATIAN: Heavenly Bodies' installation view at James Makin Gallery. Photo: Ivana Smiljanic. Three small sculptures on plinths inside a white gallery space. Each sculpture is gold and blue with towering shapes.
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Exhibition review: Heavenly Bodies, James Makin Gallery

The ceramicist turns our attention to the vibrancy of ancient artefacts and repositions them in our contemporary context.

'Shakespeare in the Garden – A Midsummer Night’s Dream'. Image is a green leafed clad fairy atop a green leafy piece of set with a background of trees.
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Theatre review: Shakespeare in the Garden – A Midsummer Night's Dream, Wollongong Botanic Garden

Merrigong Theatre Company's enchanting reimagining of Shakespeare's classic against a breathtaking natural backdrop.

Studios: 2023. Image is a woman in long blue dress and with a brown shoulder bag, with her back to camera looking at an art piece made of half a rowboat standing on end, full of shells and other additions, with candles, empty bottles and a bong on the floor around it.
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Exhibition review: Studios: 2023, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental

A vivid, haunting and emotionally powerful collection that takes the viewer through a journey of diaspora, family history and connection…

'How Do I Let You Die?' by Michele Lee, performed at Arts House featuring Alice Qin. Photo: Sarah Walker.
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Theatre review: How Do I Let You Die?, Arts House

Michele Lee’s autobiographical tale of Hmong parents, death and ghosts raises intriguing questions, which resonate with the migrant experience.

Sibyl. image is a range of performers on a dark stage in wide outlandish costumes, one of whom is holding a large broom and casting a huge shadow on a backdrop that is also covered in projections of newspaper front covers.
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Opera review: Sibyl, Sydney Opera House

A creative South African performance that dazzles the senses, ‘Sibyl’ marks a new era for Sydney's famed icon.

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