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- Annika Priest
Birrarung Marr is covered in a layer of frosty magic and the proud peaks of the Big Top are hoiked high once again: it must be time for Circus Oz.
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- Patrick Barton
The gothic form seems to have gained a foothold in Australian theatres within recent years.
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- Lee Bemrose
I'd suggest checking out Trash while you can. Who knows – you might come away feeling inspired and enriched. You will most definitely see the homeless you usually look away from in a new, more compassionate light.
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- Liza Dezfouli
For this year's Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Jim Black, percussionist extraordinaire, led a quartet from the back of a blue lit stage at the Toff in Town.
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- Liza Dezfouli
It’s a treat to hear jazz backed with a big sound, from an army of saxophones and a giant of a musician on double bass who enjoyed a solo moment.
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- Carol Middleton
George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 has seen a surge in sales in recent years, as people suspect we are heading into an Orwellian future, where oppressive regimes manipulate the truth and undermine humanity and civilisation. Is there anything to learn from going back to Orwell’s 1949 text?
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