December 16, 2019
Joan Didion’s eerily contemporary ‘The White Album’
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The seminal essay’s ongoing resonance is explored in this interactive production coming to Sydney Festival
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September 24, 2019
Fighting power: ‘Total Control’
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Deborah Mailman on her fearless role in the political drama that tackles racism and sexism head-on
December 12, 2019
A tale of triumph and exploitation: ‘Black Cockatoo’
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The little-known story of history-making Aboriginal cricketer Johnny Mullagh and his team is told in this new play
February 27, 2019
‘Manus’: troubling and obligatory viewing
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An Iranian play brings stories of Australia’s offshore detention centres to the Adelaide Festival
February 19, 2019
Ben Quilty: the art of unease
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Ahead of a major survey at the Art Gallery of SA, the artist talks about the anxiety that informs his work
February 5, 2019
Barrie Kosky’s reimagined ‘The Magic Flute’ heads for Australia
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The director on why his film-inspired production almost didn’t happen
January 30, 2019
Ned Kelly as you’ve never seen him before
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Composer Luke Styles on his opera that casts the bushranger in a new light
December 21, 2018
The lady vanishes: ‘The Beehive’ at Sydney Festival
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Zanny Begg and Philippa Bateman on their enigmatic film that explores the unsolved disappearance of Juanita Nielsen
December 13, 2018
Performing philosophy: ‘La Passion de Simone’ at the Sydney Festival
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The creatives behind this Sydney Chamber Opera production on the extreme empathy of Simone Weil
October 24, 2018
Geoff Sobelle is making a house a ‘Home’ at Sydney Festival
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The creator of this participatory performance is keen for the audience to add their own stories
September 4, 2018
Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company is bringing light and shade to Australia
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A conversation with members of the Italian company ahead of their tour to Brisbane
August 14, 2018
‘Exquisite Corpse’: reinventing a parlour game in immersive VR
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BADFAITH Collective build a Surrealist body at the Melbourne International Film Festival
June 28, 2018
The mesmerising ‘Dark Emu’
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Bangarra’s latest production explores Aboriginal Australians’ sophisticated farming practices