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‘Big Name, No Blankets’ premiered at Sydney Festival 2024. Photo: Brett Boardman. Close up of some of the cast of Big Name No Blankets, a man in front has his arms up holding clapsticks, bright stage lights in the background give the feeling of an epic rock show.
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Performance review: Big Name, No Blankets, Sydney Festival

Sydney Festival’s electrifying show about the Warumpi Band whose music changed lives, is one that truly rocks.

Work by David Lee Pereira, 'Puppy play', 2023 (left) and Thao Tran, 'Serving Opulence', 2022-23 (right). Image: Supplied, courtesy of the artists. On the left is a painting of a cheetah wearing a bdsm mask licking its nose against a pink faded to blue background. On the left is the painting of a woman with long black hair lounging and holding a plate of oysters between her legs.
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'The artist is sacred' – holding space for queer narratives

The annual 'Summer Daze' exhibition returns to Off the Kerb Gallery. ArtsHub speaks to gallery owner and exhibiting artists on…

Salote Tawale, ‘I remember you’, installation view at Carriageworks, 2023. Photo: Zan Wimberley. Installation of a Fijian home in a white-cube gallery space. At the front is a free-standing painting that shows two young children with brown skin and their faces hollowed out.
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Exhibition review: Salote Tawale, Carriageworks

An exhibition that transports viewers and explores how objects become vessels of identity.

Photo: Bruno Pires on Pexels. Photo of a mirror shattered on a gray surface with the reflection of a person's hand.
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RED Gallery changing hands, artists still owed money

After speaking out on payments owed by RED Gallery, artists are now worried that new ownership will delay their settlements…

'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' at Geelong Arts Centre. Photo: Michael Mason. Six performers dressed in colourful attire on stage with the background of a cartoonish park. They are posing in a group with happy and cheeky expressions.
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Theatre review: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Geelong Arts Centre

A vibrant production of the Charlie Brown franchise offers outstanding performances, but some outdated tropes.

'A Night with Pastor Ace' by Ace R L. Image: Supplied. A non-binary person standing with their hands held in prayer, wearing a rainbow blazer and a dildo with googly eyes on their shoulder.
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Conversion practice survivor spins story to comedic gold

Ace R L's 'sacrilegious musical comedy' brings their experience of church-led conversion practices out of the dark with humour, authenticity…

Still from Georgi Ivers' performance ‘You're So Brave’ (2022). During this part of the performance, Ivers is being attacked by voiceless enemies saying "your life must be so hard", "you're so brave" and "have you tried cutting out gluten?" in response to her symptoms. Photo: Minni Karamfiles.
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The case for flexible journalism

Negotiating voice, agency and interview practices for disabled and neurodiverse creatives.

Plushies at the centre of the ‘Constellations’ exhibition at Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre. Photo: Jennifer Leahy, SilverSalt Photography.
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Constellations – creating community in Western Sydney

Engaging with the network of collectives that enrich and characterise Western Sydney's rich arts scene.

Photo: Jill Kerswill. Left: Photo of Melanie Saward, a woman with light skin and bright pink hair sitting with her hand across her lap, wearing a floral pink dress. In the background is a shelf filled with books. Right: Cover of 'Burn', depicting a shadow of a boy standing against a large flame.
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Book review: Burn, Melanie Saward

A powerful debut fiction that reveals unsettling answers to 'Why are good kids misbehaving?'.

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How Bluey made the move from animation to stage

ArtsHub speaks with 'Bluey's Big Play' puppetry director Jacob Williams and performer Jess Golle on translating from screen to stage…

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