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La Mama. Image is an empty performance space in an old adapted courthouse.
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La Mama to pause public performances in 2025 after unsuccessful funding bid

Caitlin Dullard, CEO and Director, has released an update on La Mama's plans for the future.

RISING. A woman in a slip sits on a mattress on the floor, while a man at the foot opens a can of drink. Behind the mattress is a panel with the words SHE GOT LOVE daubed on in red paint.
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RISING launches 2024 festival program

Provocative theatre, a notorious rap group from Western Sydney and an Aboriginal rock ’n’ roll musical are among the highlights…

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.

Candlelight: A Tribute to Mitski. Image is a old theatre stage with a string quartet surrounded by dozens of battery operated candles.
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Music review: Candlelight: A Tribute to Mitski, Athenaeum 

A string quartet's fine interpretation of the music of Mitski.

‘Joy’, installation view at Immigration Museum. Photo: ArtsHub. A corridor with neon plastic mobiles hanging overhead that reflect light onto both sides of the walls. The space is lit in purple light with more shaped mirrors at the end of the corridor.
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Exhibition review: Joy, Immigration Museum

Sometimes an art critic's opinion doesn't matter...

Designs by Leanne Yansin Choi at Paypal Melbourne Fashion Festival 2024 National Graduate Showcase. Photo: Lucas Dawson. A young Asian woman wearing a green high collar dress with lace details and a headscarf of the same colour. She is holding a panel in her hand that is attached to the dress and reveals more lace detailing.
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Graduate designers to watch from Melbourne Fashion Festival 2024

The Melbourne Fashion Festival runs until 9 March; here are the designers to watch from Tuesday's National Graduate Showcase runway.

Universal Everything. A woman stands in front of a large screen. On the screen, two tall structures react to her movement.
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Universal Everything unveils generative installations at ACMI

Characters are created via display technologies to produce hyperrealist, nature-inspired designs.

Milked. Two young men sit on a stage of fake grass, one looking down despondent, the other crouched in front of him.
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Theatre review: Milked, fortyfivedownstairs

Two childhood friends in rural Herefordshire traverse life's emotional landscape.

The Sound of Music. Image is a woman in a white nightgown sitting on a bed singing to the seven children sitting and standing around her.
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Musical review: The Sound of Music, The National Theatre

The iconic musical returns for another opportunity to revisit a few of your favourite songs.

The Hate Race. A woman in blue is standing on a stage marked with yellow and brown wavy patterns. She next to a bicycle and there is a large half circle light shape on the back wall.
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Theatre review: The Hate Race, Malthouse Theatre

Maxine Beneba Clarke's memoir receives a poignant and powerful adaptation.

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