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Christmas Actually. The Little Red Company.
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Christmas Actually review: come on and let it show

Christmas Actually is a rollicking good time sure to have audience members dancing in the aisles. 

Room with walls painted in red white and black stripes and installation of Aboriginal art sculptures. Tony Albert's Indigenous Triennial
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After the Rain: 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial review – Tony Albert setting wrongs right

This Triennial by Tony Albert is all heart, but it also asks the big questions.

view of gallery with blue wall and bright coloured painting in comic style. Kaylene Whiskey
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Kaylene Whiskey review: offering super-powered conversations

Move over Dolly and Cher. Kaylene Whiskey’s survey at the National Portrait Gallery is more layered than you think.

Iestyn Davies as Orpheus and Samantha Clarke as Eurydice in Opera Australia's production of Orpheus and Eurydice, 2025. Photo: Jeff Busby.
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Orpheus & Eurydice review: a magisterial marvel

Opera Australia’s collaboration with Circa breathes dazzling new life into Gluck’s mythology-mining Orpheus & Eurydice.

Iksha II. Photo: Aesthete Captures.
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Iksha II review: myth made human at Seymour Centre

With brilliant dancers and bold ideas, Iksha II attempted to reframe the legendary figure of Ravana from The Ramayana.

Goodbye Aunty Flo, staged by Ilbijerri Theatre company. Image supplied.
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Goodbye Aunty Flo review: sisterly sass and menopause

Goodbye Aunty Flo is a heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny play about learning to accept change.

A Few Good Men. Presented by Queensland Theatre, in association with QPAC. Image supplied.
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A Few Good Men review: a Hollywood classic turned Brisbane theatre blockbuster

Fans of Aaron Sorkin's film A Few Good Men film will spot the nods, and newcomers will find plenty to…

Woman with grey hair looking into museum case with AI technology
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Data Dreams: Art and AI review: exploring artist-AI collaborations

Sydney’s MCA leads a timely institutional conversation with a major summer exhibition that replaces fear of AI with a human…

Cowbois. Image: Alex Vaughan.
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Cowbois review: no guns, no politics ... no purpose? 

A blissful first act followed by a long downhill mosey, Cowbois fails to live up to its own publicity.

One Night Only by Jackson Castiglione and Rawcus. Darebin Arts Speakeasy. Protagonist: Charlie Mayne and Josh Lynzaat. Image: Darren Gill.
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One Night Only review: form-melting theatre that scoops us up

One Night Only, a new collaboration from Rawcus, presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy, soars and swoops through time and place.

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