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Afrocentric. Image is black dancer, dressed in white performing in gallery space at front of the NGV, beside a large black sculpture of a young black woman. There is audience seated around the space.
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Performance review: Afrocentric, National Gallery of Victoria

Nightly performances that celebrate the African diaspora in Australia.

Seventeen. Five adults dressed and acting like teenagers gather around a swing set to take a joint selfie.
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Theatre review: Seventeen, Southbank Theatre

The collision of age and youth is explored in this comedic start to MTC's 2024 program.

ā€˜A Bucket of Beetles’ at Sydney Festival 2024. Photo: Rendha Rais & Rangga Yudhistira. Performers dressed in earth-coloured clothing holding a small puppet in the middle.
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Performance reviews: A Bucket of Beetles and White Gold, Sydney Festival

Sydney Festival celebrates the beauty of Southeast Asian performing arts with two socially impactful organisations.

ā€˜Big Name, No Blankets’ premiered at Sydney Festival 2024. Photo: Brett Boardman. Close up of some of the cast of Big Name No Blankets, a man in front has his arms up holding clapsticks, bright stage lights in the background give the feeling of an epic rock show.
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Performance review: Big Name, No Blankets, Sydney Festival

Sydney Festival’s electrifying show about the Warumpi Band whose music changed lives, is one that truly rocks.

ā€˜La BayadĆØreā€˜ being staged at Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, 1901. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Vintage photograph of ballet production with performers standing outside of a temple setting.
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Hindu leader decries ballet production

Throughout the years, Rajan Zed has protested against numerous productions of ā€˜La BayadĆØre’, a piece of classical ballet that is…

Janet Anderson as Rosie in 'Overflow'. Photo: Robert Catto. A woman with a red ponytail smoking and sitting on a toilet. She is wearing a black jacket with skirt, stockings and platform boots.
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A cubicle of one’s own

A one-woman show set in a bathroom and detailing trans experiences that goes from being vulnerable to fiercely unapologetic.

Pillow Fight. Against a black backdrop man and woman sit on a bunk bed surrounded by toys and puppets. Beside the bunk are boxes with labels like ’stuff’, ā€˜junk’, ā€˜Shane’s cool stuff’ and ā€˜Nadia’s baby stuff’.
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Theatre review: Pillow Fight, Claremont Showground, Perth

A puppet show about sibling love and rivalry covers a vast terrain of adventures.

Malevo. A line-up of five bare-chested males raise their drumsticks above their heads and over the drums attached in front of them.
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Performance review: Malevo, Sydney Opera House

The South American all-male dancing and drumming troupe makes its Australian debut.

Australian Gothic Tales. Five men and women stand in front of a red curtain looking at the camera and smiling.
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Theatre review: Australian Gothic Tales, The Butterfly Club

A lacklustre presentation of Australian stories that sidesteps Gothic elements entirely.

EOIs open for Un[contained] Arts Festival 2024. Photo: Supplied. A performer wearing a light device that spans from her back like a peacock tail with vibrant colourful lights. She is standing in the middle of a road at night.
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Opportunities and awards

New grant rounds open now, ACMI welcomes new First Nations commission, biennale delegates announced and finalists of APRA Professional Development…

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