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Venus in Fur. Image is a woman in bondage gear and long dark hair standing in a purple it audition room.
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Theatre review: Venus in Fur, Fridays Studio, WA

The play within a play narrative of this production addressed themes of intersecting power and eroticism.

The Lost Boys. Image is a line of people on stage the diagonal, with their sides/backs to us looking off to the left.
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Performance review: The Lost Boys, Seymour Centre

An immersive landscape inspired by J M Barrie's Neverland where the audience is invited to be a part of The…

Welcome to Your New Life. Image is of three people sitting in a Play School like set, a man and a woman on a couch, looking expectant and listening intently, and a third person on a cube with the number 7 on the side talking to them.
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Theatre Review: Welcome to Your New Life, State Theatre Company SA

Based on a memoir, 'Welcome to your New Life' explores pregnancy and motherhood.

Oil. Image is of a older grey haired woman in glasses and bulky padded yellow/green coat, who is pointing at a prism, which is also being looked at by a younger woman in similar attire with shortish brown hair and kneeling down.
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Theatre review: Oil, Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney

An historical play that explores the fault lines of colonialism, empire and capitalism.

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Musical review: Dogfight, Chapel Off Chapel

What does a contemporary stage adaptation of this 90s movie about misogyny and sexual politics look like?

Democracy Repair Services. Image is of four actors on a black stage that can barely be seen, but each has a head torch
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Theatre review: Democracy Repair Services, Blue Room Theatre, WA

This subversive play challenges concepts of democracy by exploring the dark side of general consensus.

Orlando. Image is of four actors in red jackets back to back with each other and with arms raised in front of them.
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Musical review: Orlando, fortyfivedownstairs

This adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic novel, 'Orlando', is promising but patchy.

IRL. Image is a boy in a pink shirt with a boy in a koala onesie wrapping his arms around him.
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Theatre review: IRL, Roundhouse Theatre, Brisbane

A cosplay meet-cute where the ordinary meets the extroverted.

'Hajji and her daughters', an artwork by Amani Haydar. Image: Supplied, courtesy of Amani Haydar.
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Arts with law: a complementary and powerful combination

Creating social change and addressing the inadequacies of systems around gendered violence, through arts and law's intersection.

This Rough Magic. Image is a bare stage with several actors, kneeling, sitting or standing, one holding up a stick, and another holding a cloth that could symbolise a child.
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Asylum seekers meet Shakespeare in bold new take on The Tempest

Written by playwright Helen Machalias, ‘This Rough Magic’ uses Shakespeare as a lens through which to explore our nation’s treatment…

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