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Installation view, Isabella Kennedy: Ballast, Firstdraft, Sydney. Photo: Supplied.
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Ballast review: emerging artist Isabella Kennedy considers submerged histories

Isabella Kennedy's solo exhibition Ballast is a delicate body of work around the sinking of HMAS Sydney II.

Malthouse Theatre's Black Light. Photo: Pia Johnson.
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Black Light review: Jada Alberts throws the spotlight on the matriarchy

Navigating kinship across generations, this world premiere of Black Light opens the Malthouse’s 2026 season.

Rebel Heart celebrates true stories of love that defied the status quo. Photo: Eugene Hyland / State Library Victoria.
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Rebel Heart review: SLV's new exhibition is a love letter to love letters (and librarians)

From queer bushrangers to fanmail and mixtapes, Rebel Heart asks what we lose when intimacy goes digital.

Crossing the Divide. Image: Supplied.
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Crossing the Divide review: theatre for young people that grapples with tough questions

Crossing the Divide weaves a story about colonial explorers and modern day schoolkids.

From left, Michelle Fornasier, Caitlin Beresford-Ord, Helen Searle, Alex Jones, Rebecca Davis and Tegan Mulvany in Theatre 180’s production of 21 Hearts. Photo: Stewart Thorpe Photography.
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21 Hearts review: Theatre 180 brings wartime cruelties and courage to light

A strong ensemble cast brings audiences close to the horrors endured by Australians serving in World War II during the…

J Davies, All at Once, 2026. Two-channel digital video, colour, stereo, 33 min 52 sec. Installation view, All the World’s Memories, UNSW Galleries, Sydney. Photo: Jacquie Manning.
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All the World’s Memories review: an exhibition that's impossible to forget

All the World’s Memories is a fantastic exhibition at UNSW Galleries that celebrates the value of our collective and personal…

An earlier performance of POV, featuring different cast members than the performance reviews. n 11-year-old girl holds a sophisticated camera complete with antennae to broadcast it to screens in the theatre. She is filming a male actor, whose image is visible on a large screen behind them.
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POV review: live cinema refracts real life at Perth Festival

POV is a moving three-hander that features two new, unrehearsed adult actors every night.

Maria van Neerven, author of Two Tongues. Photo: Ben van Neerven.
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Two Tongues review: Maria van Neerven's poetry is a celebration of Indigenous women

Two Tongues, Maria van Neerven’s debut poetry collection, whispers, shouts and sings of past, present and future.

Sydney Theatre Company's The Normal Heart. Photo: Neil Bennett.
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The Normal Heart review: a relevant and stirring revival of a seminal gay play

Almost four decades after its local premiere, A Normal Heart returns to the Harbour City for the 2026 Sydney Gay…

The Great Gatsby. Photo: Queensland Theatre Company / Shake & Stir Theatre Co.
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The Great Gatsby review: a vivid examination of the American dream

This theatrical production of The Great Gatsby is a faithful adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel.

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