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Performance Reviews: HIGH PONY, LOOPS, Black Widow, Melbourne Fringe Festival

Four Melbourne Fringe Festival works show the range on offer, from comedy to circus, cabaret and street tours.

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Theatre review: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, Belvoir St Theatre

Every element of this journey into the closing stages of Billie Holiday's life and career is entrancing from start to…

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Phantom’s Sarah Brightman to star in new Australian production of Sunset Boulevard

‘All right Mr DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up’: Brightman to play deranged silent picture star Norma Desmond in lavish…

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Performance reviews: The Hotline, Poet No.7 and Zaffé, Melbourne Fringe Festival

An on-demand pregnancy hotline, post-apocalyptic Melbourne and reimagining of a traditional Lebanese wedding at Melbourne Fringe 2023.

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National summit aims to strengthen Australian circus sector

Next week 200 delegates will attend the Australian Circus Summit at NICA, which will also be the venue for a…

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Performance review: Elvis: A Musical Revolution, Athenaeum Theatre

With two rock and pop musicals opening in Melbourne on the same night, a show about the King manages to…

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Comedy review: Tight Mums, Loose Units, Trades Hall, Melbourne Fringe Festival

Hysterical tongue-in-cheek Tight Mums dishing the dirt on married life and divorce. 

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Exhibition review: Liam Young: Planetary Redesign, The Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia

As climate chaos ignites more panic, drastic measures are presented to completely reimagine the planet’s future.

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Spice up your calendar with craft and design this month

ArtsHub’s pick for Sydney Craft Week, 2023 Craft Contemporary, Geelong Design Week, plus more exhibitions to inspire and workshops to…

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Melbourne Art Fair to run annually and 2024 galleries announced

Based on the Boon Wurrung word 'ketherba' (together) as its theme, the 2024 Melbourne Art Fair will welcome 60 galleries…

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