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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 ā€˜Brute Force >> Merge Sortā€™, 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 Pellyā€™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 companyā€™s 2025 season features a mix of accessible and canonical works.

crowd of people viewing an art fair, Sydney Contemporary
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All was fair at the fair ā€“ 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…

A young woman with a crown and a cream blouse starring in 'The Queen's Nanny'.
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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…

Mzaza's six musicians (and their instruments) stand in front of a large circular structure.
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Music review: Mzaza: The Birth and Death of Stars, Riverside TheatresĀ 

Mzazaā€™s current Australian tour sees the world music favourites deliver a powerful concert experience with strong theatrical elements.

people wandering around art fair looking at artworks.
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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…

A publicity image for Belvoir's 2025 adaptation of Virginia Woolf's Orlando. A dark-haired woman in a purple jacket, a red-haired woman in a period dress, and a dark-haired young man in a ruffled shirt and frock coat look towards the camera. Golden glitter showers down around them.
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Grief, hilarity, classics and culture are celebrated in Belvoirā€™s 2025 season

Artistic Director Eamon Flack has launched a season of nine plays for Belvoirā€™s 2025 subscription season.

a crowd of people dressed up like zombies for ghost festival
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New Ghost Festival riffs off The Rocks' eerie past this Halloween

Get your ghost on, and head to Australia's oldest precinct to celebrate Halloween this year with a new festival.

silhouette of figure in colourful immersive art experience. Rainbow Chan. Performance Space and UNSW
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Performance Space expands partnership with UNSW

With a vision to elevate experimental arts, two of Sydneyā€™s iconic arts organisations come together in a new residency program.

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