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Sophie Laguna. Image: Penguin Random House.
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The Underworld review: Sophie Laguna goes deep

Sophie Laguna's latest novel The Underworld is a deft exploration of identity, fear and mythology.

Feathers. Image: Peter Mathew.
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Feathers review: Terrapin Puppet Theatre triumphs in Tasmania

Feathers has everything you could want for intergenerational audiences looking for meaning in relationships and hope for our futures.

Nikki Shiels and Pamela Rabe in Rebecca at the MTC. Image: Pia Johnson.
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Rebecca review: a dark and deathly dream at the MTC

Anne-Louise Sarks cuts a little too much meat off the bone in Rebecca, but Nikki Shiels excels as always.

Jane Harper. Image: Pan Macmillan.
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Last One Out by Jane Harper review: moving and memorable

Jane Harper's Last One Out portrays a town under siege and is not to be missed.

work.txt. Image: Alex Brenner.
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work.txt and Instructions review: fourth wall building and breaking at Melbourne Fringe

Subject Object’s mesmerising Melbourne Fringe highlights, work.txt and Instructions, will have you questioning reality.

Artist Archie Moore creating Kith and Kin 2024 at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA). Image: N Umek © QAGOMA.
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Archie Moore: kith and kin at GOMA offers solemn testimony

With a Golden Lion from the Venice Biennale, kith and kin brings home an inalienable truth of the suffering upon…

Prism: Glass Pieces (Robbins). Image: Kate Longley.
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Prism review: Australian Ballet dancers shine in an electrifying triple bill

Prism features Jerome Robbins’ Glass Pieces, William Forsythe's adaptation of his Barre Project, and Stephanie Lake’s new work Seven Days.

Romeo + Juliet with Live Band and Choir. Image: Mitch Lowe.
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Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet with Choir and Band review: a sweet, sorrowful stunner

Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet is brought to new heights with Backyard Cinema's live band and choir at the Astor Theatre.

Bri Lee. Image: Saskia Wilson. Simon & Schuster.
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Seed review: Bri Lee is back

Lee’s second novel, Seed, might have readers turning pages more for the fate of the planet than the fate of…

Gallery view of an expansive video of ocean and coastline across three walls. Lisa Reihana
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Lisa Reihana review: Ngununggula’s first international exhibition

A regional gallery has given Lisa Reihana her second survey exhibition – when New Zealand is still yet to do…

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