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A theatre set with five actors on stage. The set depicts a living room interior with patterned carpet, a lounge sofa, table and two chairs. In the centre are two men shaking hands, next to them is a women sitting on the sofa. Two female figures stand to either side.
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Theatre review: Exiles, fortyfivedownstairs

Bloomsday’s adaptation of James Joyce’s ‘Exiles’ is a fascinating exploration into fidelity, monogamy and disentangling their conflation within the institutional…

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Book review: The Albatross, Nina Wan

An understated debut novel featuring tandem timelines, unresolved tension and well-controlled prose.

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Exhibition review: The McClelland Collection, McClelland Gallery

An exhibition with engaging highlights, but not without its flaws.

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Book review: Fat Girl Dancing, Kris Kneen

An achingly honest memoir of otherness, queerness and embodied becoming.

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Exhibition review: Renee So: Provenance, MUMA

Renee So’s first museum survey presents the breadth of her practice and research, with captivating works at every turn.

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Exhibition review: TIME • RONE, Flinders Street Station

Rone’s most ambitious project to date presents captivating storytelling that blurs the boundaries between reality and illusion.

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Book review: T, Alan Fyfe

A novel lifted beyond the ordinary by the skill in its telling and the powerful use of a pertinent snippet…

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Theatre review: The Great Australian Play

A patchily amusing, occasionally probing satire on Australian myth-making.  

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Exhibition review: Cobi Cockburn

Finding new rigour in a signature practice, glass artist Cobi Cockburn pulls off a stellar exhibition that is demanding of…

View of Gay Hawkes exhibition at Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 2022.
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Exhibition review: Gay Hawkes, TMAG

In her first public gallery exhibition at 80, Gay Hawkes demonstrates resilience to keep making art post bushfire tragedy.

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