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A woman in a short red jumpsuit is standing on a milk crate in the centre of a stage. She is surrounded by dancers all dressed in casual wear.
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Musical review: In the Heights, Sydney Opera House

'In the Heights' offers an introduction to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s trademark hip hop style musical, spiced up with sultry, sexy salsa.

Photograph of an iceberg.
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Exhibition review: Samira Khadivizand, Elaine Batton and Bridie Nelson, Artemisia Gallery and Event Space

A relatively new art gallery in Melbourne’s inner-south once again proves it attracts some of Australia’s best emerging artists.

Two Remain. Three women are singing. They are wearing blue and white concentration camp stripes underneath beige aprons and head scarves.
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Opera review: Two Remain, fortyfivedownstairs

This premiere Australian production features the true stories of two Holocaust survivors.

Two panels. On left is a photo of an Asian woman with a blonde streak in her black hair. She is in dark clothing near a fence. On the right is the cover of the book with 'Peripathetic' in black font. The image is a distorted test pattern.
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Book review: Peripathetic, Cher Tan

A debut collection of essays that track unbelonging and displacement.

A person with dark trousers, short hair and a towel around their neck is standing in the distance of a set made to look like an empty pool. There is a stepladder on the top right. Swim.
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Theatre review: Swim, Carriageworks

A trip to a public pool provokes deep, submerged reflections.

Two men on stage singing opera, one with white body paint as a ghost. Hamlet.
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Opera review: Hamlet, Opera Australia

Revenge thriller, psychological drama – this reworking of Hamlet is an emotionally charged and brilliant piece of work.

A man on a dimly lit stage has his arms outstretched. His large shadow is projected behind him on the wall. An Imaginary Life.
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Theatre review: An Imaginary Life, Moores Building Art Space, Fremantle

An impressive adaptation of David Malouf's classic novella about Ovid.

Two panels. On the left is a headshot of a brunette man with a light beard, black top, white shirt and tie. On the right is a book cover with 'Big Time' written repetitively in different colours.
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Book review: Big Time, Jordan Prosser

Jordan Prosser’s much-touted first novel sometimes flies off its own tracks, but is nonetheless a very impressive debut.

'Future Remains: The 2024 Macfarlane Commissions', installation view at ACCA. A darkened exhibition space filled by an installation towards the foreground of the photo. It features terracotta sculptures on wooden plinths made with discarded material.
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Exhibition review: Future Remains: The 2024 Macfarlane Commissions, ACCA

Large-scale works grounded in material investigations shine at the 2024 Macfarlane Commissions, but is it still helpful to put emerging…

Four young women and a young man are laughing and playing, mid tumble on the floor.
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Musical review: Little Women, Hayes Theatre

Put to music, Alcott's beloved novel loses some subtlety, but should still please fans of the original.

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