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Black backdrop for a head and shoulders shot of a young woman with red hair, fringed and parted in the middle. She is three-quarters on, looking to the right of the photographer and not smiling. Sarah Blasko.
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How Sarah Blasko conquers every mountain

The three-time ARIA Award-winner lets it all out via her music.

A bald man sitting at a piano. On top of the piano is a brown wig on a bust.
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Performance review: Aidan Jones – Chopin’s Nocturne, The Terrarium, FRINGE WORLD 

Classical music and comedy intertwine in this entertaining show.

A man, Taylor Morgan, in a red velvet tuxedo on stage. He is carrying a hoop. Next to him on a pedestal is a bottle. The curtains behind him is also red velvet.
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Performance review: Chasing Miracles, Perth Town Hall, FRINGE WORLD

An all-ages variety show of magic and circus tricks.

2024 Urbach recipient Ellen Lee, photographed inside a softly lit space where she is kneeling on the ground and working watery brown colours into a flat canvas.
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Opportunities and awards

ACT Book of the Year nominations open, plus recipients of Playing Australia fund and finalists of 2025 Asia Pacific Arts…

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Fingers on buzzers! The rise of the live game show

Live game shows of all flavours have swiftly proliferated across comedy and fringe festivals. What's the attraction?

Man and woman singing tragic opera on stage. La Traviata
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Opera review: La Traviata, Opera Australia, Joan Sutherland Theatre

Soprano Samantha Clarke ignites this current production of Verdi's masterpiece.

A concert scene with a large screen in the background showing foliage.
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Music review: Not Drowning, Waving & George Telek: Tabaran, City Recital Hall, Sydney Festival

The rhythms of Papuan music and its post-colonial Western influences were revisited for one night only.

Black actor, singer and dancer Joti Van Carlos Gore leaning to his right, singing and holding an old-fashioned microphone.
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Performance review: Blacknificense – The Cotton Club Experience, Chapel off Chapel, midsumma festival

A personal celebration of the gay and black contributions to jazz and popular music in the 20th century.

A man, Timothy Christopher Ryan, with a bare midriff wearing an aqua robe and pants raising his arms above his head.
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Performance review: Creative Juices, FRINGE WORLD

Interactive work-in-progress, this show depends on audience participation.

A new adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice opens Queensland Theatre's 2025 season. Image is a man and a woman in regency dress lying on the grass and looking up at the camera.
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A Jane Austen classic opens a new era for Queensland Theatre

Opening his tenure as Queensland Theatre's Artistic Director, Daniel Evans co-directs a new adaptation of a Jane Austen classic.

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