Arts
Walsh Bay costs hit $370 million, with taxpayers affected
The state government has conceded the arts precinct has nearly trebled in cost and taxpayers will also make a contribution towards the reopening of the Theatre Royal.
- by Linda Morris
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Review
'This is what Shakespeare should be'
Bell Shakespeare opens 2020 with a new production of Hamlet. It’s where they began, in 1990.
- by Harriet Cunningham
Art
'Living art': New life for heritage ferry
A vintage Sydney ferry has received a makeover for the 22nd Biennale of Sydney.
- by Linda Morris
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Clover Moore
An illuminating experience for artist and beholder comes to city laneway
A lightbox tribute to Australian female leaders and feminist slogans has been installed at Reiby Place.
- by Linda Morris
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Performing arts
Superstar David Hallberg to head up Australian Ballet
In a major coup for the Australian Ballet, legendary US dancer David Hallberg will replace David McAllister as artistic director of the company.
- by Valerie Lawson and Nick Galvin
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Nothing left off the table in new doco about psychedelic drugs
A controversial Canadian documentary uses home-grown experiments to explore how psychedelic drugs could help depression.
- by Jake Wilson
What's on
Just being Hamlet - on a second-by-second basis
Harriet Gordon-Anderson is all too aware of the immensity of the task of playing the title role in Bell Shakespeare's new Hamlet.
- by John Shand
Review
Waves of sound leave SSO audience refreshed and invigorated
The sea is represented with benign beauty in Debussy masterpiece.
- by Peter McCallum
Live music
How the Violent Femmes bassist found himself playing Paganini
In just one 'song' with ACO Underground, Brian Ritchie plays more chords than in an entire Violent Femmes concert. He loves the challenge.
- by Nick Miller
Stage shows
'I've got to get this job': A Chorus Line lays bare the pleasure and pain of performers
More than 40 years after it first premiered, A Chorus Line's stories of triumph and struggle still ring true for a new generation of performers.
- by Louise Rugendyke
What's on
Frustrated scientist's answers are blowing in the wind
Reid Butler is fed up with his work being ignored and has expressed that feeling in art.
- by Nick Galvin