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music November 25, 2023
Avant-pop artist Caroline Polachek is bringing her myth-making performance of desire to Australia for the first time.
music November 18, 2023
Marcia Hines’s new album – the latest reinvention in her long and distinguished career – returns to the songs of her childhood.
music November 11, 2023
For more than 60 years, Margret RoadKnight has been interpreting songs in the folk, blues and jazz traditions. Her new album, LONG TIME…, is her latest attempt to preserve songs from extinction.
theatre November 4, 2023
Hmong–Australian writer Michele Lee’s new play, which explores death, ghosts and memory, began with a regular phone call to her parents.
music October 21, 2023
In her latest work, performer and artist Rainbow Chan collaborates with her mother to reimagine Weitou bridal laments.
film September 2, 2023
Since his breakout role in Wes Anderson’s 1998 film Rushmore, Jason Schwartzman has embodied eccentric loners. In Asteroid City, his familiar persona is given its greatest emotional weight.
dance August 26, 2023
When Michelle Ryan was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, she thought her dance career was over – it instead led her to a richer understanding of what dance could be.
music August 12, 2023
At only 25, hip-hop artist Genesis Owusu is already an international phenomenon – but with his second album he’s transforming himself into something new.
music August 5, 2023
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw has done it all, from film to television to opera to rap.
film July 29, 2023
Directors Danny and Michael Philippou
Twins Danny and Michael Philippou turned down Hollywood so they could make their debut horror feature, Talk to Me, in Adelaide – then Hollywood came knocking.
film July 22, 2023
Geraldine Viswanathan has outgrown her dreams of being Hannah Montana, and is now focused on inspiring the next generation of female actors of colour.