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Concert review: FLIGHT: The Next Generation of Artists, Fitzroy Town Hall

A mini music festival’s dreamy takeover of Fitzroy Town Hall with intriguing contrasts of performance ambience and audience-artist connections.

Four performers dance between mirror plinths in a gloomy space
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Dance review: Shifting Perspectives, Queen’s Theatre

Shifting Perspectives was a beautiful mind-bending experience that expanded and stretched our reality. 

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Exhibition review: KANANGOOR/Shimmer, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

Journey with the wardong/crow through an exhibition of mourning, orientation and healing.

Colourful paper cut silhouettes of faces on side profile layered on top of each other.
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Uninvited to the mainstage: the unfortunate consequence of approaching diversity without respect

New diversity initiatives shouldn’t disregard the history of older artists and arts workers fighting in this space.

Two self-portraits of the artist sitting on chairs facing away from the viewer, all in a monochrome pinky-red. They are overlaid with semi-transparent writing which says "Is there a labour crisis in Australia today? Well that depends on what you mean by crisis".
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Artist burnout is not a mental health issue – it is a labour issue

Reframing burnout in labour terms would implicitly shift our approach to advocacy around artist well-being.

Sam and Ally. Photo: David Kelly.
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Theatre Review: Capricorn, La Boite Theatre

An unconventional rom-com following the fractured trajectory of a relationship in decline.

A clock face that is warping and dissolving on the right into its dark background.
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Radical access: the future of access in the arts

Stellar thinkers and doers gather to consider radical access and the future of an inclusive arts industry.

Teal coloured promotional sign with word MÌNH in bold capital letters, in front of trees.
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Complicating Vietnamese diaspora stories for the better

A look into how the ‘MÌNH’ exhibition challenges notions of a monolithic Vietnamese identity through art and writing.

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In the beginning: a deeper look at the stories behind Lele

‘Lele’ traces the lives of a Samoan Australian family with resonating messages on drill music, community and trauma.

Pianist Aura Go, dressed as Chopin, is seated at the piano while actor Jennifer Vuletic, as composer Franz Liszt, stands behind.
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Performance review: Chopin’s Piano, QPAC Concert Hall

Musica Viva’s unique stage adaptation of Paul Kildea’s book on the composer Chopin, his preludes, and one fateful instrument.

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