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I Wish... In front of a backdrop of a huge moon in the night sky, four circus performers dressed in yellow, blue, red and green perform, with two performers holding aloft a third who is doing the splits, while the fourth performer stands at the back holding up an Astera light tube.
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Performance review: I Wish..., Theatre Royal

Children's circus in a collaborative effort that gently introduced young visitors to physical theatre.

The King's Player. Image is a bald white actor dressed in scruffy Middle Ages clothes with his mouth agape and his arms stretched out in surprise. Behind him is a large yellowish backdrop featuring a circle with a picture of a juggler in it.
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Theatre review: The King's Player, Alex Theatre

A one-man comedy show inspired by 'Hamlet', and told from the perspective of a lowly minstrel desperate for promotion.

Phsyical actors like Ell Sachs are saying self-taped auditions are dehumanising for actors.
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Actors lose out in self-taped auditions

Self-taped auditions have become the norm for screen and theatre in Australia, but actors nation-wide say the practice is unreasonable.

Photo: Anna Shvets, Pexels. A hand reaching out from the right hand corner of the image holding a trophy in baby pink and blue. There is confetti in the air and the background is also pink.
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Opportunities and awards

Fifty Squared Art Prize open for entries, plus winner of Calibre Essay Prize and finalists of wearable art, and more!

A silhouette of a person setting up a stage in a darkened space with rigging and a lit-up screen projection behind them.
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Alarming cost increases for arts organisations not in line with funding levels

How many more arts organisations will have to cancel or reduce their programming under the weight of rising costs?

Matthew Shepherd. Image is a black and white head and shoulders shot of a young blond man wearing a jumper and standing in a room in front of a window. His head is tilted to the left.
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Hate transmuted into theatrical gold in new staged reading of The Laramie Project

A Sydney reading of the verbatim play about Matthew Shepard’s murder will feature Shepard’s father, Dennis, reading his courtroom statement.

Wild Dogs Under My Skirt. Image is a group of Samoan women on a stage sitting on chairs in a semi circle and holding their fists together in front of them. In the middle stands another woman in a grey dress raising her arms triumphantly. The camera is at the back of the audience so some silhouetted heads are in the foreground.
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Performance review: Wild Dogs Under My Skirt, Riverside Theatres

Poetry-based work about being a Samoan woman performed by a multi-skilled ensemble.

ROOKE perform Nimble at Theatre Royal Hobart. A balding man with a beard holds a hoop up over the heads of an audience of children and parents sitting on the floor. He wears a green T shirt and white shorts.
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Circus review: (Excerpts from) Nimble, Theatre Royal

Tasmania's circus troupe presented a show nimble in name and act.

A woman of Asian appearance sits on a stool smiling at the camera. She has long dark hair and wears an orange-brown outfit. The background is indistinct.
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New musical celebrates Australian inventiveness

The creation of the black box flight recorder is the focus of a new musical theatre production opening at QPAC…

So You Want My Arts Job, Illusionist Anthony Street. Dance.
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So you want my arts job: Illusionist

From world-renowned dancer to grand illusionist, Anthony Street talks to ArtsHub about his career in stagecraft.

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