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A man in a tuxedo (Stephen Hall) leans forward as film loops around him showing scenes from films featured in his show
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Comedy Review: Stephen Hall, For the Term of His Natural Lies, MICF 2025

Part-film, part-voiceover and completely silly, Stephen Hall delivers a comedy festival show like no other.

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Comedy reviews: Sofie Hagen: Banglord, The Greek, Pierre Novellie: Must We?, The Westin, MICF 2025

A Danish and an English-South African comedian tell tales true and strange.

A black woman with frizzy hair blowing on a party popper.
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Comedy review: Chanel Ali: Relative Stranger, The Westin, MICF 2025

US comedian’s Australian debut hits the ground running.

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Arts news watch: this week's trending topics

We report it – you read it. Keep your eye on this week's top arts news stories.

Three trapeze artists swinging in the air. They are wearing red leotards. In the background the word 'Oz" can be seen.
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Circus review: Circus Oz: Non Stop, Main Hall, Town Hall, MICF 2025

Circus Oz bringing us, as ever, funny, daggy, clever, exhilarating Australian circus.

Two panels. On the left is Eugen Bacon, a black woman with cropped hair wearing a cream top. On the right is the cover of her book "A Place between Waking and Forgetting." It features an illustration of a landscape i nshades of brown, yellow and orange.
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Book review: A Place Between Waking and Forgetting, Eugen Bacon

Speculative fiction that incorporates elements of African culture and folklore.

A life-size lego version of C3PO with its creator Ryan McNaught, standing next to it with a white top and black pants.

LEGO Star Wars: The Exhibition to open at Melbourne Museum

The first and only LEGO 'Star Wars' exhibition premieres in Melbourne.

de-centre re-centre: installation view of a photographic exhibition in a gallery space. Four landscape orientation photographs of faces of Aboriginal women are placed on a wall in the foreground of this image.
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Exhibition review: de-centre re-centre, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

A cohesive survey exhibition that points to the strong relevance of photographic media within the wider context of contemporary art.

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Illuminate Adelaide reveals centrepiece work Night Visions in first 2025 program tease

A sensory journey through Adelaide Botanic Garden created almost entirely by Australian artists will be the centrepiece of Illuminate Adelaide…

Phones cripple creativity, but it is possible to break our addiction. Image: Mika Baumeister on Unsplash.
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5 tips for breaking your phone addiction

Almost every study finds that phones impair rather than boost creativity. Here are some quick tips to get you off…

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