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Truth-telling in the theatre — Why Andrea James ditched law for the arts

When Yorta Yorta/Gunaikurnai theatre-maker Andrea James quit her job as a legal secretary to...

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Family troubles with Steve Toltz, Audrey Magee and Toni Jordan

Here Goes Nothing is the last in what Steve Toltz calls his trilogy of fear which began with A...

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#WrongAsian, Hacks and a new Dr Who

This week Ben and Bev discuss the #WrongAsianing of Labor candidate for Reid, Sally Sitou, why...

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The Venice Biennale: electric sounds, new voices and open borders

Greetings from the 22nd La Biennale di Venezia, in Italy! The Venice Biennale is known as the...

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Theatre icon Geraldine Turner reveals her off-stage struggles

Geraldine Turner has been a mainstay of the stage since the 1970s, featuring in the Australian...

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Queer stories with Douglas Stuart, Indyana Schneider and Omar Sakr

Booker winner Douglas Stuart's second novel, Young Mungo, is again set in gritty working class...

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Curry discourse and the Met Gala 

This week it’s all about curry, capes and … sex clubs. The PM’s social media obsession with...

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Huge Bonneville plays Roald Dahl + Jonas Carpignano's Calabrian Cannes winner

British actor Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Paddington) talks about playing the writer Roald...

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Public art, toppled monuments and the statue in the crate

What do artists think about when making huge public art? Lindy Lee is making the most expensive...

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'Wagner belongs to humanity's treasure' — Confronting a contentious classic

Richard Wagner's epic fantasy opera Lohengrin is a fairy-tale romance, but a disconcerting German...

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Mum’s the word with Dawn French, Douglas Stuart, Anne Enright, Alice Pung and more

We meet some of the most remarkable mothers in recent fiction, with authors including Dawn...

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Jimmy Rees’ reinvention and Elon Musk’s twitter takeover

This week, BW and BL writhe their way through their feelings about the world’s richest man’s...

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An AI family drama and a time travel fable: interviews with directors Kogonada + Céline Sciamma

Two interviews with directors who have made films about families, parenting and memory…...you’ll...

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Big plays in a tiny room — Red Stitch turns 21

Red Stitch Actors' Theatre has just 80 seats, but the company is acclaimed for their bold...

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Jennifer Down and Jonathan Franzen relive the 1970s

Jennifer Down doesn't turn away from uncomfortable truths in her Stella Prize shortlisted novel,...

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We’re Everything Everywhere All At Once

We're all over Everything Everywhere All at Once, the multiverse-hopping sci fi action movie...

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Nicolas Cage plays Nicolas Cage + Tom Blyth is Billy the Kid

Director Tom Gormican on The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, and how he convinced Nicolas...

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Marco Fusinato, Lala Deen Dayal and an art gallery mines its collection for queer stories

Marco Fusinato is representing Australia at the 2022 Venice Biennale with work for 'monstrous...

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