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Beethoven's Emperor. The image is a black backdrop with a man with short dark hair wearing a dark jacket and a white shirt. He is shot from the chest up holding his chin in his right hand and looking at the camera.
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Music review: Beethoven’s Emperor, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Adelaide Town Hall

A masterful evening of historically informed music played with astonishing contemporary panache.

Swansong. A man in a singlet with his arms crossed is staring straight ahead.
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Theatre Review: Swansong, Theatre Works

A one-man play packs a solid punch.

DakhaBrakha. Image is a concert stage with a huge circular abstract orange/yellow pattern on the back wall, and in front four black clad musicians, three of them women with tall black stovepipe hats and the fourth a man with a bald head.
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Music review: DakhaBrakha, Hamer Hall

A masterpiece in political artistry.

Work from the series 'Cocoon' by Terence Lin, selected for the MAPh 'TOPShots 2024' exhibition. Image: Supplied. A digitally manipulated photographic work featuring a close lineup of oval portraits of Asian youths smiling with their eyes closed and wearing red bow ties with a white shirt. The portraits populate a red background.
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Opportunities and awards

Australia's biggest open studios event calls for registrations, plus portraits and landscapes taking out wins and Tasmanian Theatre Awards announced.

Powerhouse Castle Hill. Image: Rory Gardiner. The front entrance to Powerhouse Castle Hill, featuring a minimalistic silver-panelled architecture and large glass doors that also reveals the second floor.
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Qui a tué mon père. A man sits on a stage in front of a backdrop projection of an open road.
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Theatre review: Qui a tué mon père (Who Killed My Father), Adelaide Festival

A personal polemic addressing France’s neglect and contempt of the working class poor.

The 39 Steps. A man in a 30s type beige three-piece suit with a pencil moustache is on top of a box, pursued by two men dressed as police officers, also on boxes - all made to look as if it's a chase sequence on a train.
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Theatre review: The 39 Steps, Chapel off Chapel

Inspired by Buchan's novel and Hitchcock's film, this award-winning play is a highly energetic iteration.

La Mama. Image is an empty performance space in an old adapted courthouse.
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La Mama to pause public performances in 2025 after unsuccessful funding bid

Caitlin Dullard, CEO and Director, has released an update on La Mama's plans for the future.

A scaffolding like set has several bodies positioned within it silhouetted against a lit backdrop. The Threepenny Opera.
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Opera review: The Threepenny Opera, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Festival

Searing satire and a rage against capitalism wrapped up in a love story.

Light installation with blue tones and people interacting. Vivid Sydney.
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Vivid Sydney spotlights humanity for 2024 Festival

Activities to help you plan your Vivid Sydney itinerary this year.

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