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Features

Late bloomers: going from corporate to comedy

There are those who are 'born in a trunk' and there are those who spend time in the corporate world…

The 2024 Bankstown Biennale curatorium. (Left) Coby Edgar (A b&w photo in high contrast of a person with a serious expression, with long dark hair).(Centre) Still from ‘Brute Force >> Merge Sort’, Jason Wing, 2019. (A photo of a person with short brown hair and a long beard, with what appears to be two emblems painted on his face. There is a red square hovering over his right side of the face, which has been digitally manipulated into black and white). (Right) Rachael Kiang (A b&w photo of a person smiling with long curly dark hair).
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2024 Bankstown Biennale tackles differences through shared stories

Bankstown Arts Centre's third First Nations-led Biennale centres equitable multiculturalism through the theme 'Same Same/Different'.

A scene from 'Cinderella' ('Cendrillon') at Royal Opera House 2011; Laurent Pelly’s production has been programmed as part of Opera Australia's 2025 Sydney season. Four performers in horse costumes draw a carriage shaped like the letter C, in which a woman in a white ball gown is singing.
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Opera Australia launches 2025 season with four musicals and homegrown talent

The national opera company’s 2025 season features a mix of accessible and canonical works.

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Opinions & Analysis

All was fair at the fair – a counterview on Sydney Contemporary

Last week ArtsHub published one insider's view of the recent art fair; it prompted this alternative view from the owner…

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Theatre review: The Queen's Nanny, Ensemble Theatre

This play about the British royal family brings nothing new to the table, but will appeal to those who enjoy…

Cube structure covered with photographs and cut out of woman in gallery environment. Anne Zahalka
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Exhibition review: ZAHALKAWORLD, NAS Gallery

A stunning piece of curation, delivered with such ease, while allowing the viewer to linger over, and rethink, tired national…

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Music review: Mzaza: The Birth and Death of Stars, Riverside Theatres 

Mzaza’s current Australian tour sees the world music favourites deliver a powerful concert experience with strong theatrical elements.

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Opinions & Analysis

An insider's take on the success of Sydney Contemporary art fair

This year's Sydney Contemporary art fair was creatively a bit dull, but a solid income earner for the majority of…

Artist Talks

Willoughby City Council

Desert Journeys – Desert Calling

Desert Journeys – an exhibition of paintings and monoprints by Rena Czaplinska-Archer

Exhibitions

Willoughby City Council

Echos of Laughter

An exhibition of cloudscapes by Julia Norton and fundraiser for Giant Steps School

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