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The Coconuts. Image is two women with brown skin wearing the same big brown jumper and holding a guitar.
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Performance reviews: The Coconuts ā€“ Brown on the Outside, White on the Inside and Breaking, Melbourne Fringe Festival

A punchy satirical musical comedy about being Brown in Australia and a compelling look into our relationship with the modern…

Girls in Boys' Cars. Image is two young women, one with shoulder length hair grinning and wearing a blue short sleeved shirt and the other looking off to the right in sunglasses and headscarf. They are seated behind a block, representing a car.
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Theatre review: Girls in Boys' Cars, National Theatre of Parramatta

Two young women on a road trip in Western Sydney. What could possibly go wrong?

Kinky History. Image is a headshot of a women with long wavy hair holding up a finger to her face in a cheeky manner and on the right a pink bookcover featuring a hand holding an aubergine.
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Book review: Kinky History, EsmƩ Louise James

A well-researched yet exuberant exploration of kinky sexual practices throughout the ages.

The Memory of Water. Image is of one women in a pink hued bed, another sitting on it with her leg dangling over the side and a third standing by the side of the bed holding her head.
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Theatre review: The Memory of Water, Ensemble Theatre

This award-winning play about three sisters is a bittersweet comedy.

Twelfth Night. A dark spotlit stage features small trees in large pots, a couple of actors cuddle on. either side of the stage and a person centre stage with arm raised, wearing a white waistcoat, braces and black shorts.
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Theatre review: Twelfth Night, Sydney Opera House

This production of Shakespeare's classic gender swap comedy deliberately dramatises its tragic elements.

Bacon. Image is a woman in a white wedding-like dress trying to dodge six orange balls being thrown at her.

Performance review: Bacon, A Dodgeball Named Desire, Melbourne Fringe Festival

Navigating self-acceptance and homophobia in one show, dodging a slew of balls in another, with sport versus arts.

Ernabella Arts. Warka Wiru. Image is a gallery space with a corrugated snake like plinth on a polished wooden floor bearing a wide selection of diverse ceramics.
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Exhibition review: Ernabella Arts: Ceramic Warka Wiru 20 Years-kutu, JamFactory

A celebration of 20 years of ceramic artwork at Ernabella Arts Centre.

Flake. Image is a grungy kitchen theatre set with two people sitting at a table, a young woman of Asian appearance on a stool with white shirt, grey trousers and hands on knees and an older bent over man with black trousers, white shirt, glasses and straggly grey hair.
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Theatre review: Flake, Red Stitch Actors' Theatre

A story of family, connection and dislocation set in Hanoi.

Infinitely Closer. Image is three dancers in tight flesh coloured t-shirtsa and grey pants, two close to the camera, one at the back of the stage, spotlit and bent over, with large screens covered in projections of other dancers. Audience members can be seen seated to the far right and far left.
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Dance review: Infinitely Closer, Festival Theatre

A boundary-pushing experiment with a powerful impact.

I Swallowed a Moon Made of Iron. Image is a man sitting at a grand piano playing and singing, while on a screen behind him are translations of Chinese poetry into English.
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Performance review: ęˆ‘å’½äø‹äø€ęžšé“åšēš„ęœˆäŗ® I Swallowed a Moon Made of Iron, Dunstan Playhouse

Poetry revealing the despair of a factory worker was turned into songs that tugged at the heartstrings.

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