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Review: Lacrima by Caroline Guiela Nguyen 2026 Sydney Festival
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In the last few years, mainstream discourse has criticised the production of fast fashion, which has cast moral judgment on those who purchase such goods. The implicit blame falls on consumers of lower socio-economic classes who may rely on fast-fashion due to its affordability. But where does high fashion fall…
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Review: Sisa-Sisa Bankstown Art Centre 2026 Sydney Festival
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There are nights in the theatre where applause feels insufficient, where clapping hands struggle to meet what has just been offered. Sisa-Sisa is one of those nights. This double-bill of solo dance works is not performance as spectacle, but performance as remembrance – an act of listening to bodies that carry histories…
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Review: Mama Does Derby 2026 Sydney Festival
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The queue for Adelaide-based Windmill Production Company’s latest creation Mama Does Derby stretches down the Sydney Town Hall steps. The crowd, surprisingly older than expected, is buzzing. The cramped Druitt St foyer is packed with punters eyeing off the roller derby merch. Inside, the ground floor of the venerable old…
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Review: Turandot Opera Australia 2026 Sydney Festival
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In 1926, two years after the death of renowned composer Giacomo Puccini, his final opera Turandot, made its stage debut. Now, a hundred years later, Opera Australia, in association with Sydney Festival, has brought this powerful story to the Opera House stage. This production stands as a testament to love,…
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Review: Nowhere Australian Premiere 2026 Sydney Festival
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The Sydney Festival has kicked off, celebrating art, performance and big ideas. Among its highlights is the Australian premiere of Khalid Abdalla’s Nowhere. This one-man production adds a metaphysical dimension to Abdalla’s personal journey toward arriving ‘here.’ The production, directed by Omar Elerian, and produced by the UK company Fuel,…
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Review: Dear Son Belvoir St Theatre 2026 Sydney Festival
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Dear Son opens on a familiar Australian setting. A soft sandy beach with a fire pit ready to burn, a beer-garden-like area with benches and a soothing sunset. Already there’s a sense of quiet reverence, and we’re ready to lean into the intimacy of shared stories. Adapted from Thomas Mayo’s…
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Announcing 2026 Sydney Festival 50th Anniversary Program
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Sydney Festival marks its 50th anniversary in January 2026 with a diverse city-wide program that honours five decades of cultural transformation and looks ahead to the next generation of artistic innovation. From 8 – 25 January, Sydney becomes a playground of imagination, with bold theatre, dance, music, visual arts and…
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Review: She Kills Monsters 2026 Sydney Fringe Festival
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★★★½ She Kills Monsters by Epiphany Arts Inc. combines the brevity of the play’s ‘Young Adventurers Edition’ with the risqué humour of the original 2011 script. Despite its facade as a raucous Dungeons and Dragons adventure, She Kills Monsters harbours a compelling exploration of sisterly bonds. Those sisters are Agnes…
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Review: Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical 2025 Sydney Fringe Festival
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It’s not every night you see a Demogorgon belt out a show tune. But that’s exactly the kind of upside-down magic you’ll find at Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical, presented by Epiphany Arts as part of Sydney Fringe Festival. It’s not every night you see a Demogorgon belt out a show…
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Review: Mummy, I’m Scared! 2025 Sydney Fringe Festival
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Full disclosure: I loved this show! From being serenaded by the trio of performers dancing as the audience slips by to take their seats, to the high-octane, explosive finale, Mummy, I’m Scared! doesn’t invite you into its world, it drags you, keeling over with laughter, into the séance circle. You may not…
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Review: Antigone Sydney Dramaturgical Co 2025 Sydney Fringe Festival
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Those who enjoy both Ancient Greek tragedy and stabbing (the two are far from mutually exclusive) will be delighted with the audacious stab at Antigone by Sydney Dramaturgical Co. It’s shedding blood this week as part of Sydney Fringe Festival. Sophocles, the Dan Brown of political metaphysics, remains as intellectually…
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Review: Definitely NOT A Hungry Game 2025 Sydney Fringe Festival
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If you thought Katniss was the protagonist of the well-known epic by Suzanne Collins, think again. Following their resounding success at Adelaide Fringe, Dramafreak Productions and L&D Projects return to Sydney Fringe with Definitely NOT a Hungry Game: A Parody Musical. And it’s definitely not what you’d expect. Co-written by…
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Review: Traffic Light Party 2025 Sydney Fringe Festival
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Jezebel Productions’ debut show, Traffic Light Party, opened last night to a full house and left the audience buzzing. Written by Izzy Azzopardi, this dynamic production uses the concept of traffic light parties to highlight the complications of dating in an increasingly disconnected society. Jezebel Productions is a Sydney-based theatre…
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Review: Elixir Revived 2025 Sydney Fringe Festival
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The boys from Head First Acrobats are back in town for the 2025 Sydney Fringe Festival, kicking things off with their latest offering, Elixir Revived. Head First Acrobats are a group from Melbourne that have been touring the world with their award-winning shows. In 2022, they won Best Circus at…
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Review: Doomers Sydney Dramaturgical Co 2025 Sydney Fringe Festival
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It was high drama indeed when the curtain rose at Sydney’s gorgeously appointed new burlesque cabaret and theatre space Two80, for the Australian premiere of Matthew Gasda’s Doomers, playing as part of the 2025 Sydney Fringe. Tucked as we were deep inside one of the grungier pockets of Surry Hills…
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Review: Scout Boxall God’s Favourite 2025 Sydney Comedy Festival
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With their signature mullet and dressed in a black floor-length tunic, Scout Boxall shines in their latest offering, God’s Favourite, performed as part of the 2025 Sydney Comedy Festival. Scout Boxall is a writer and comedian with a love for LARPing (live-action role-playing). Since 2019, they have been nominated for…
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Announcing New Work Wild Abandon For Melt Festival
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Wild Abandon is a bold, sensual, multi-narrative drama coming to MELT Festival in 2026. A daring new work by Seán Dowling, Ian Lawson, and Merlynn Tong, it’s a funny, messy, and unexpectedly tender play about sex, intimacy, and the rules we make to feel safe. Set across a single night…
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Film Review: Life Is Life 2026 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival
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★★★★☆ Can an 80-year-old, 4th-grade-educated shepherd stand up against a pushy multimillion-dollar juggernaut and win? Riccardo Milani’s Life is Life (La Vita va Cosi), a Best Comedy winner at the 2026 Nastro d’Argento Awards, poses just that. Written by Ricardo Milani and Michele Astori, the film was inspired by the…
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Film Review: Holy Cannoli 2026 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival
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★★★★½ Pif needs only three letters. When a satirist becomes so familiar within a nation that even his shortened name needs no explanation, he earns unusual freedom. He can approach the sacred without immediately being accused of sacrilege. In Italy, few institutions are more sacred than the Catholic Church. Food…
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Film Review: Sweetheart 2026 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival
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★★★★★ All too often, the rush of life and the obligations of society demand our constant attention. Margherita Spampinato’s exquisitely rendered debut film, Sweetheart (Gioia Mia), asks us to stop and hold the moments in between, however fleeting. Inspired by Spampinato’s own childhood, the film follows Nico (Marco Fiore), a…
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Announcing Sydney Theatre Company 2027 Season
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Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director Mitchell Butel has announced the Company’s 2027 Season, his second since taking on the role. Throughout 2027, across its three venues, STC will present thirteen productions including four world premieres of new Australian writing and six Australian premieres. The 2027 season will be bookended by…
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Announcing First Highlights Russell Hobbs British Film Festival
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Some of Britain’s finest stars feature in the first highlights of the 2026 Russell Hobbs British Film Festival. Presented by Palace, this year’s festival includes a spectacular line up of dramas, diverse and illuminating documentaries, romantic comedies and more, all screening at Palace Cinemas, Palace Nova and Luna Palace Cinemas…
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Win Tickets To The 2026 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival
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This Spring, Palace is thrilled to bring the 2026 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival to cinemas as the largest festival of Italian cinema in the world. Showcasing an incredible selection of new Italian cinema celebrating the country’s language stories and culture, the festival includes works from contemporary Italian auteurs, documentaries, comedies,…
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Review: Koreaboo La Boite Theatre 2026 Brisbane Festival
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★★★★☆ La Boite Theatre presents Koreaboo, an enlightening perspective on adoptee reconnection and coming to grips with one’s identity.Facing the personal struggles that come with early adulthood, Hannah (Michelle Lim Davidson) is eager to reunite with her biological mother, Soon Hee (Heather Jeong), in Korea and learn more about her…
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Review: Strong Is The New Pretty 2026 Brisbane Festival
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★★★★☆ I am a theatre guy, not a sports guy. I did, however, grow up in an NRL household (insert eye roll). My memories include Broncos flags hanging out the front of the house and my parents yelling at the TV. I never understood the hype. I am, however, always…
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Brisbane Festival 2026 Comes Alive Today
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Today marks the spectacular opening of Brisbane Festival 2026, launching 23 glorious days of performance, public art and participation across the city, under the banner Switch On, Light Up, Come Alive. Running until Saturday 26 September, Artistic Director Ebony Bott‘s inaugural program ignites Brisbane’s streets, stages and skies in a…
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Drac Is Back: BIG Live Brings Dracula Ballet To Melbourne & Sydney In 2026
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Following sold-out seasons in London’s West End and the United States, and a record-breaking tour across Australia and New Zealand in 2025, BIG Live’s critically acclaimed Dracula: Ballet at its Darkest will return home for 65 performances across Melbourne and Sydney. The Australian-born production will play 35 performances at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne,…
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Announcing 2026 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival Full Program
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Palace is thrilled to announce the full line up of the 2026 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival, the largest festival of Italian cinema in the world. Showcasing an incredible selection of new Italian cinema celebrating the country’s language stories and culture, the festival includes works from contemporary Italian auteurs, documentaries,…
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Announcing 2026 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival First Highlights
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Returning to cinema screens this September is the largest celebration of Italian culture and film outside Italy, the 2026 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival presented by Palace. Featuring unmissable gems from some of Italy’s finest filmic talents, the festival screens in Sydney, Melbourne, Ballarat, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Byron Bay…
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Film Review: The Last Viking 2026 Nordic Film Festival
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★★★★☆ A hilarious yet surprisingly tender family drama, The Last Viking is an absurd journey of acceptance and the development of unconditional love. It’s also about a gaggle of folks with dissociative personality disorder who believe themselves to be the members of The Beatles. They attempt to form a band,…
