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Performance Review: QRAVE, Abbotsford Convent, midsumma festival

A combined performance and exhibition presenting queer histories.

Natalie Bassingthwaighte in 'Shirley Valetine.' She has frizzy blonde hairstyle and is wearing a pink jumper. She is opening a champagne bottle next to a fridge.
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Performance review: Shirley Valentine, Athenaeum Theatre

Willy Russell’s classic play of an oppressed woman’s mid-life self-discovery is as relevant today as it was in 1986.

An opera diva in a big blue dress has her arms up in the air and a small orchestra behind her. Opera For All. Dimity Shepherd.
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Providing a pathway to the ultimate art form – Opera for All

The Opera for All concerts are being seen all over the globe. This week it was Melbourne's turn.

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Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Shakespeare's The Tempest

Helpmann Award-winning actor John Bell joins Queensland Symphony Orchestra to help weave the tale of Shakespeare's The Tempest with the…

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Queensland Performing Arts Centre

The Dictionary of Lost Words

Pip Williams’ award-winning New York Times bestseller The Dictionary of Lost Words is brought to vivid life in this wildly…

A middle aged woman with short slicked back grey hair and round black framed glasses wearing a white shirt and black pants is sitting wither legs crossed and holding a champagne flute. She has a serious expression on her face and is looking slightly off camera. Tracy Mann. Aria by David Williamson.
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Theatre review: Aria, Ensemble Theatre

Putting the kibosh (again) on his ‘retirement’, renowned Australian playwright David Williamson delivers a timely and compelling study of narcissism.

37. A group of men in AFL strips stand on stage and hold one of their group high above them. He has his arm upstretched holding an Australian Rules Football ball.
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Theatre review: 37, Southbank Theatre, The Sumner

Race, community and identity in AFL.

Workshops

National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA)

Recreational Circus Classes at NICA

Circus for all ages, fitness and skill levels!

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Arts news watch: this week's trending topics

We report it – you read it. Keep your eye on this week's top arts news stories.

Exhibitions

National Library of Australia

Exhibition - The Excellencies of Musick: Highlights from the Jamie and Michael Kassler Collection

Enter the musical world of Stuart and Georgian Britain, a world of concert-going, music-makers and thinkers, of printers and publishers.

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