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Arts Workforce Scoping Study interim findings indicate crisis across sectors

New findings illustrate that Australia's creative workforce is in a critical shape, facing recruitment and retention issues.

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Book review: The Truth about my Daughter, Jo Skinner

An exploration into the power dynamics and emotional upheavals of one family.

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Book review: Annihilation, Michel Houellebecq

A dour look at the state of the contemporary world.

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La Mama's Festival of Mother Tongues

The festival celebrates diverse languages in a theatrical showcase of multilingualism.

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Book review: The Belburd, Nardi Simpson

A lyrical, multi-stranded novel about connection to Country.

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Opera review: Lucia di Lammermoor, Her Majesty’s Theatre

Much darkness and just a little light in State Opera South Australia’s revival of Donizetti's grim tragedy.

Intricate line illustration featuring people and birds, Portrait Settings' by Nusra Latif Qureshi
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Exhibition review: Nusra Latif Qureshi: Birds in Far Pavilions, Art Gallery of New South Wales

An exhibition that references and utilises past practices to reflect on current preoccupations.

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Theatre review: Waiting for Godot, The Street Theatre

A powerful take on a 20th century classic of the Western theatre canon.

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Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize 2024

A surprise winner in this year's award is out of this world.

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Musical review: My Brilliant Career, Sumner Theatre

It's an all-singing, all-keyboard playing and totally exuberant Sybylla Melvyn.

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