Stephen A Russell

Stephen A Russell is a Melbourne-based arts writer. His writing regularly appears in Fairfax publications, SBS online, Flicks, Time Out, The Saturday Paper, The Big Issue and Metro magazine. You can hear him on Joy FM.

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Music review: Air, Moon Safari, ALWAYS LIVE festival 

A magical Melbourne evening under the stars, thanks to the French duo’s blissful refrains. 

Two grey haired women sit behind a long table with their hands clasped in front of them and a red backdrop behind. On the left Susie Dee has a messy bun, glasses and a light brown scarf. On the right Patricia Cornelius wears a black jumper.
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The 60-somethings ruling the roost this Melbourne Fringe

To borrow the words of the Bard (and Enobarbus), age cannot wither them, nor custom stale their infinite variety.

Silence & Rapture. A female dancer with slicked back dark hair has one leg bent with her foot touching her other knee and one arm stretching up and the other across to a bald headed man standing and playing a double bass. They are in a wharf building converted to a studio/stage space.
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The rapturous reunion of the Sydney Dance Company and Australian Chamber Orchestra

Sydney Dance Company has teamed up with the Australian Chamber Orchestra once more on a heavenly tour.

My Country. Image is in a black walled gallery where a low black rostrum holds a square three dimensional metal object with spikes on the top and a machine beneath the surface that turns the top, the spikes then plucking strings to make a sound.
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Connecting communities with My Country

The First Nations artists involved in this remarkable NGV exhibition are envisioning new ways to move forward together.

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Bright visions from the ancient past and into our future

Three new art shows in Melbourne explore the Venn diagram where art meets science.

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Things that go bump in the theatre

The cast of a new stage show revel in conjuring up the supernatural.

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Bangarra’s new Artistic Director goes back to Country with Yuldea

Frances Rings' family history is entwined in the sands of the traditional lands of the Anangu peoples in the the…

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‘Let’s pretend this is a film’ – when screen techniques tread the boards

There’s a long and storied tradition of film technology appearing on our stages, but to what end?

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Alan's Cumming back

A stage show and a new film mean Australian audiences will get a double serving of Scotland's most mercurially mischievous…

Inside the incredible mind of Alexander McQueen

A sure-to-be blockbuster exhibition at the NGV presents an unrivalled look at the fashion legend’s legacy.

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