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A group of dancers are performing in 'Plagiary'. There is text above them as they dance.
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Dance review: Plagiary, Arts Centre Melbourne

'Plagiary' shows that while humans can respond creatively to AI, AI can’t replace human creativity... at least not yet.

Fungi Futures mushrooms glowing yellow in a green growing environment.
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Talk review: Fungi Futures, Now or Never 2024

Fungi Futures invited Melbourne audiences to discover the hidden properties of fungi and their implications for the planet's survival.

Banksy. Image is a stencil on a wall of a soldier spread against the wall with his arms up while a young girl in a pink dress frisks him and a broken rifle is next to her.
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Exhibition review: The Art of Banksy: Without Limits, The District, Docklands

Banksy's extraordinary work to date is brought together in this unofficial exhibition. It's wonderful for viewers, but what would the…

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The Johnston Collection

Inspired By Women

Inspired by Women at The Johnston Collection celebrates the many facets of women’s lives in the 1700s and 1800s, and the…

A concert scene. Audience on the left, stage on the right. The lighting is red.
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Music review: Soft Centre: Supermodel Late Night, Now or Never Festival, Trades Hall

A choose-your-own-adventure reeling through some of the most exciting experimental artists, but logistical constraints frustratingly made it almost impossible to…

Two black men. Ras-Samuel is sitting on unmade bed with a pile of cards. He is wearing a yellow singlet and blue shorts. Damon Manns is in background seated, wearing a vest and white shirt. They are in the MTC play Top Dog/Underdog.
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Theatre review: Topdog/Underdog, Southbank Theatre

Two brothers wrestle with sibling rivalry, the stains of the past and the uncertainty of the future.

‘No Vacancy Annual’ at No Vacancy Gallery in Melbourne’s central business district. The concrete and industrial gallery space is filled with paintings and drawings on its white walls, with smaller sculptures and objects on display on white plinths and raised metal platforms.
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Exhibition review: No Vacancy Annual, No Vacancy

The biggest group exhibition at No Vacancy showed a full spectrum of local talent.

'Silent Symphony' by United Visual Artists shown in Melbourne Town Hall as part of Now or Never 2024. Image shows silhouettes of a handful of people in a large hall filled with dry ice and a mechanical installation with light coming from behind a high disc, like a UFO
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Festival review: Now or Never 2024 wrap

From techno beats and pulsating light displays to projections on water and mesmerising installations, Now or Never has been nothing…

Gabber Modus Operandi performing at Royal Exhibition Building as part of Now or Never 2024. A performer is at the front of a stage wearing puffy sleeves and a face cover, with a large-scale projection of a human face behind. The stage is aglow in red light.
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Music review: Ben Frost/CORIN/ Eartheater/Gabber Modus Operandi, Now or Never 2024

An epic takeover of the Royal Exhibition Building took full advantage of the massive space with an incredible lineup.

The musicians of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra arrayed on stage in a grand concert hall.
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Managing Director leaves MSO: Peter Garrett to conduct independent external review

Sophie Galaise has left the MSO after the Orchestra’s musicians made a statement of 'no confidence' in senior management.

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