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A publicity image for Griffin Theatre Company's 2025 production 'Naturism'. A naked woman stands with her back to the camera, her buttocks and natural curves on show. She holds a pair of sunglasses in one hand, and is surrounded by stylised 3D plants.
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Griffin Theatre Company’s 2025 season celebrates immediacy and finds common ground

In 2025, Griffin thematically bridges social and generational divides while also celebrating theatre’s ability to predict the future.

A promotional image for Queensland Theatre's 2025 production 'Malacañang Made Us'. A young Filipino person in ragged shorts, thongs and a mesh t-shirt reclines in an ornate gold and velvet throne.
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Queensland Theatre launches 2025 season with AD’s role still vacant

A triumvirate of Associate Artistic Directors have programmed the company’s 2025 season, which includes two world premieres of very local…

Two men and two wome are seated. All are drinking. All are wearing colourful clothes. The design colours are bright graphic prints.
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Theatre review: The Puzzle, Dunstan Playhouse

State Theatre South Australia celebrates 50 years of the Dunstan Playhouse with a David Williamson world premiere.

a pair of vintage water skis on a boat shed door in an exhibition. 'Accidentally Wes Anderson'
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Exhibition review: Accidentally Wes Anderson, Melbourne CBD

You don't have to be an Anderson fan to enjoy this exhibition, but you definitely need to admire his aesthetic.

Artwork by Khaled Sabsabi hang from the ceilings. There is a video still on the left.
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Exhibition review: Khaled Sabsabi, The Lock Up

A significant survey of works from the renowned Lebanese Australian artist.

Artistic rendering of the 2024 Shine on Gimuy Artstory Light Walk, featuring yellow illuminated large-scale dilly bags hanging from tree branches. Below a group of four people are walking on the path.
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Shine on Gimuy returns to illuminate tropical city in 2024

Led by arts festival supremo Rhoda Roberts AO, Shine on Gimuy centres illuminated displays by First Nations creatives.

Two panels. On the left is author Christian White, a Caucasian man in a dark jumper with short cropped brown hair. On the right is the cover of his book with 'The Ledge" in block white font against a cliff face.
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Book review: The Ledge, Christian White

A novel for lovers of challenging mysteries.

Participating artists of the King Island Artist Residency Program. Julie Ryder and George Kennedy are captured in an attempted field trip to whale bone beach. Two figures on a rocky beach bracing against grey and gloomy weather.
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Opportunities and awards

Call-out for contemporary textile exhibition and mid-career leadership program, plus winner of 2024 Newcastle Poetry Prize and more!

gallery view of traditional paintings. Ngununggula
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Exhibition review: The Art World Came to Us: Macquarie Galleries, Ngununggula

A look a how three women gallery directors nurtured and shaped Australian art history.

Accessible Makervan that won at the 2024 Australian Good Design Awards. A photo of a white van with the words STEAM visible on its side and back. The doors are open to show are elements can be pulled out to provide access.
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Mobile makerspace for people with disabilities wins top design accolade

Access meets innovation with a mobile makerspace that delivers STEAM learning to people with disabilities.

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