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Melbourne Fringe cooks up a creative storm

Free food and entertainment are just some of the many events on offer at the 2024 Melbourne Fringe Festival.

A dark-haired white woman wearing a grey jumper, a brown checked dress and white shoes stands onstage in what could be a bland office set. Three blue chairs are lined up against the rear wall, upon which is projected the face of an older man in a suit and toe. A dying pot plant stands in one corner of the room.
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Theatre review: Arlington, Reginald Theatre, Seymour Centre

The first Australian production of Irish playwright Enda Walsh’s ‘Arlington’ is challenging, confounding and stunningly original.

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This week's arts news and trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

Young Asian woman is sitting at a desk with a book open in front of her but gazing off to the right as if lost in thought. Romantasy.
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The rise of the romantasy genre, feminist fantasy and diversity in literature

With increasing positive depictions of Asian women in the media, it's time to also centre them in the romantasy genre.

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Should there be international judges in major literary awards?

OzLit can be a hothouse of entangled connections; would an overseas guest judge bring fresh thinking to literary prizes?

There is a boom in AI creative writing tools.
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5 AI creative writing tools

There is a boom in AI creative writing tools. We've selected five essentials to get you started.

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Opera review: Così fan tutte, Sydney Opera House 

If you can forgive the problematic sexual politics, 'Così fan tutte' is enormous fun.

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Book review: Cleaved, Jane Cafarella

A memoir about familial separation and living with disability.

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Festival reviews: Did You Mean to Fall Like That, The Daughters Of Róisí­n, Beyond Krapp, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Three solo acts in The Edinburgh Festival Fringe show a range of styles and subject matter.

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What the APT11 artist list says about now

Who are the artists taking the regional pulse for the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art?

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