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Conductor Umberto Clerici is conducting musicians in foreground. Behind him are several performers on the ground in different poses.
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Music review: The Rite of Spring, Concert Hall, QPAC

Works that changed the course of modern music, alongside some bold reimagining, created a successful opening for Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s…

A man and woman facing each other. They are both dressed in Regency costumes. In the background are four other characters moving chairs around.
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Theatre review: Pride & Prejudice, Playhouse Theatre, QPAC

Jane Austen’s 'universally acknowledged' novel has been newly adapted by Queensland Theatre in a stunning production.   

AURORA on stage in front of a large sun displayed on the screen behind her, while audiences hold up their hands as if reaching out.
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Concert review: AURORA 2025, Margaret Court Arena

The Norwegian songstress is a national treasure with soul-touching vocals and charming authenticity.

Model and crew backstage for the Melbourne Fashion Festival. A tall female model with pale skin and red lips is wearing a red satin dress with a large floral feature over her chest, while the crew adjusts something around her ear.
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Fashion, craft and design calendar 2025

What’s on in fashion, craft and design this year, including exhibitions, fashion festivals, design weeks and makers' markets.

Three textile paintings by Helle Cook. They are in shades of green, orange and blue, from left to right.
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Exhibition review: Helle Cook, Nordic Light – Beyond Horizons, Grey Street Gallery

The experience of light in painting and textile installations.

On a pink wall, two video screens are set next to each other.
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Exhibition review: Contact Zone: Victoria Wareham, Metro Arts

The screen and its relationship with the viewer.

Artistic Director Yaron Lifschitz (right) in rehearsal with the Circa ensemble. A shaven-headed man in black-framed glasses and black clothes gesticulates as he explains something to a group of shirtless men and women in dark green dresses in a rehearsal studio.
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Circa’s Yaron Lifschitz receives ISPA Distinguished Artist Award

Lifschitz joins the likes of Taylor Mac, Robert Lepage, Laurie Anderson and Pina Bausch in receiving the accolade from the…

people in gallery with installations made of ceramics and textiles. APT11
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Unpacking the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial, and its bounceback

Sensitivity over the spectacular makes for a more nuanced survey of the region.

Prospero Arts and QPAC's 2024 production of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Pirates of Penzance – in Concert'. Two actors kneel on the stage, with the orchestra and conductor visible behind them. The woman wears a red and orange Victorian dress and straw hat; she is smiling broadly at a young man in a blue and yellow jacket, opened to reveal his white short and white trousers. He wears high black boots and a colourful scarf dangles from his waist.
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Performance review: The Pirates of Penzance – In Concert, QPAC

Gilbert and Sullivan at their finest in this rip-roaring crowd-pleaser, which offers an all-star cast with many musical gems.

Margi Brown Ash, a old woman wearing pink glasses and colourful clothes is sitting next to Zac , a trans man in shorts and a blue tank top in 'Wanderings'.
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Theatre review: Wanderings, Queensland Theatre

Nest Ensemble’s latest production is a thoughtful, well-conceived two-hander that examines important current societal issues.  

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