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Darwin Symphony Orchestra will tour the Northern Territory in its 2025 season. The photo looks down on the orchestra, arrayed around a podium as a middle-aged man in a suit conducts. The photo is taken from above and to the side, so that we can see the strings section, a harpist, percussionist and other Orchestra members.
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Darwin Symphony Orchestra to tour Territory-wide in 2025

The DSOā€™s 2025 season will see Jonathan Toobyā€™s last hurrah as Artistic Director/Chief Conductor, but not before the Orchestra undertakes…

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We report it ā€“ you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

ā€˜Notre-DameĀ de Paris: The Augmented Exhibitionā€™ at Immigration Museum. An exhibition space with large panels depicting the architecture of a church and a sculpture of Mary. A person is looking up at the sculpture while two more people behind them are looking at a screen.
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Celebrate the reopening of Notre-Dame right in the middle of Melbourne

The Immigration Museum presents an immersive opportunity to time travel through the history of Notre-Dame and get a French culture…

'Beeple: Tales From a Synthetic Future', installation view at Deji Art Museum, Nanjing China. A gallery space surrounded by mirrors and digital screens showing a kaleidoscopic selection of digital artworks.
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The secret behind the screen: what does Beeple's first museum solo reveal about the future of digital art?

Backed by big names and budget from Deji Art Museum in China, Beeple's retrospective features digital art, kinetic sculptures ...…

'Yin Xiuzhen: Piercing the Sky', installation view at Power Station of Art. A metal plane-like structure with a sedan attached and a needle reaching into a mosaic of clothing installation near the ceiling.
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Exhibition review: Yin Xiuzhen: Piercing the Sky, Power Station of Art Shanghai

Love letters to shoes, a flesh-like sonic tower and a cosmic horn ā€“ it's clear that Yin Xiuzhen is a…

Five women in the cast of 'The Heartbreak Choir' singing.
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Theatre review: The Heartbreak Choir, Ensemble Theatre

Themes of community, forgiveness and understanding lie at the heart of this crowd-pleaser, which rounds out Ensembleā€™s 2024 season.Ā Ā 

A concert scene with two musicians on stage. The one on the left is surrounded by keyboards. The one on the right has a guitar.
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Music review: Air, Moon Safari, ALWAYS LIVE festivalĀ 

A magical Melbourne evening under the stars, thanks to the French duoā€™s blissful refrains.Ā 

A woman wearing a Santa costume with enormous layers of skirt surrounding her.
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Performance review: F Christmas, Malthouse Theatre

The antidote to traditional Christmas schmaltz.

Two panels. On the left is author Deborah Levy, wearing a black top with pearls and her hair tied up. On the right is the cover of her book, 'The Position of Spoons' a black and white photo of the bottom half of a body in shorts with three wooden spoons on the ground.
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Book review: The Position of Spoons, Deborah Levy

The celebrated novelist and playwright reveals and honours some of her greatest influences.

Margi Brown Ash, a old woman wearing pink glasses and colourful clothes is sitting next to Zac , a trans man in shorts and a blue tank top in 'Wanderings'.
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Theatre review: Wanderings, Queensland Theatre

Nest Ensembleā€™s latest production is a thoughtful, well-conceived two-hander that examines important current societal issues.Ā Ā 

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