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Design Fringe returns with bold designs for the future

23 September – 26 November 2023 For the third year, Melbourne Fringe and Linden New Art present ­Design Fringe with its bold curatorial theme Speculation: Eight Billion Little Utopias. Design Fringe is an open-access experimental...

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What’s on at Bayside Gallery

ZOONOSES - an infectiously delightful exhibition  You'll be green with envy if ZOONOSES is not on your school holidays to-do list. This major touring exhibition by Dr...

Design Fringe returns with bold designs for the future

23 September – 26 November 2023 For the third year, Melbourne Fringe and Linden New Art present ­Design Fringe with its bold curatorial theme Speculation: Eight Billion Little Utopias. Design Fringe is an open-access experimental...

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‘I can’t think of a more timely painting’: Blak Douglas’s Moby Dickens is a deserving winner of the 2022 Archibald Prize

In 2020, the year Vincent Namatjira was awarded the Archibald for his double portrait with Adam Goodes, I was also impressed by the painting hanging...

UWRF22 / UWRF Returns October 27 – 30th 2022!

Greetings Literature Lovers,  We are thrilled to announce that the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival will be back this year on 27 - 30th October! As...

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Eco Voice Q & A: Andy Marinos, WOSUP (War On Single Use Plastic) Board Chairman

Andy Marinos, WOSUP (War On Single Use Plastic) Board Chairman Background In his first ‘what next’ move since stepping down as Rugby Australia CEO (in June 2023), Andy Marinos takes a seat as Board Chairman of Sydney-based social impact enterprise, WOSUP (War On Single Use Plastic). The former Rugby League and Union International brings 20 […]

New Peak Body Launched to Support Methane Reduction and Expand Seaweed Aquaculture

Today marks the official launch of the Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance (ASSA), a pivotal initiative aimed at unlocking the potential of Australia's expanding seaweed...

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Escher x nendo will surprise, delight and challenge

Tokyo design studio nendo responds to the work of M. C. Escher. Sean Fennessy A Review: Escher x nendo, National Gallery of Victoria. M. C. Escher (1898-1972) is an artist whose name...

THAT RADIO CHICK CHERYL LEE REVIEWS THE ROAD TO SOMEWHERE EXHIBITION

THE ROAD TO SOMEWHERE EXHIBITION Newmarch Gallery, Prospect - 9 October 2020 DAVID BLIGHT – PAINTER, SCULPTOR, MUSICIAN, PAGEANT FLOAT CREATOR & CHILDRENS BOOK ILLUSTRATOR https://www.facebook.com/barry.crabtree.9638/videos/210538756635428/ Scrolling lazily through Facebook on a Friday...

Beauty and audacity: Know My Name presents a new, female story of Australian art

Tjungkara Ken, Sandra Ken, Yaritji Young, Freda Brady and Maringka Tunkin, Seven Sisters, 2018. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra purchased 2020 Review: Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900...

Peter Wegner’s portrait of Guy Warren at 100 wins the 100th Archibald Prize

      Peter Wegner’s Guy Warren in his 100th Year, winner of the 2021 Archibald Prize. AGNSW/Peter Wegner/Photo Jenni Carter The artist Guy Warren gave the best summary of this year’s centenary Archibald Prize,...

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The Tragedy of HAMLET

A court in turmoil. A family fractured. Scandal, surveillance and fake news; welcome to the fast and furious arena...

OPENING NIGHT: Death of a Salesman

Emmy®, Golden Globe® and Tony Award®-winner Anthony LaPaglia takes to the Australian stage for the first time, in a play hailed...

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Nude Tuesday has a sex therapy retreat, an egotistical guru, a script in gibberish – and two very different translations

Image: Stan Review: Nude Tuesday, directed by Armağan Ballantyne Nude Tuesday is a tale of two films – two subtitle tracks,...

Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Review

Writer’s note: The second paragraph of this article (just below the first image) contains a basic outline of the...

MUSICAL REVIEW

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A Christmas Carol – Comedy Theatre [Melb]

Winner of five Tony Awards®, the smash-hit Old Vic production of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic A Christmas Carol is...

Impromptunes @ the Alex Theatre

Impromptunes is Australia's leading improvised musical comedy troupe, combining the mischief of improvisation with the magic of musical theatre. The troupe...