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The stunning photos that captured British theatre royalty’s trip Down Under
The stand-out element of Shiroma Perera-Nathan’s account of the tour of Australia and New Zealand by acting couple Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh is the photographs.
- by Tom Ryan
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Lady Macbeth deserves a better fate. Does this play offer that chance?
- by Cameron Woodhead, Barney Zwartz, Andrew Fuhrmann, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Michael Dwyer, Jessica Nicholas and Tony Way
Lovers of musical theatre shouldn’t miss this unusually poignant hidden gem
- by Cameron Woodhead and Barney Zwartz
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Emma Stone returns for another wacky film, but sadly this is no Poor Things
- by Robert Moran
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Meet the young Australian actor about to become a superstar
At 28, Australian actor Toby Wallace is going places. But he’s looking forward to the day he can just stay put for a while.
- by Karl Quinn
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There’s no flying cow, but this Twister sequel is still highly ridiculous
- by Sandra Hall
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Chris Hemsworth looks back on his fondest memories with his grandfather on Limitless on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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Subtle and sublime, this album feels like it could have come from half a century ago
- by Barry Divola and Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
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Lovers of musical theatre should not miss this unusually poignant hidden gem
- by Cameron Woodhead and Barney Zwartz
Updated
Melbourne live reviews
Lady Macbeth deserves a better fate. Does this play offer that chance?
- by Cameron Woodhead, Barney Zwartz, Andrew Fuhrmann, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Michael Dwyer, Jessica Nicholas and Tony Way
A deep dive into the politics of the swimming pool
- by Joyce Morgan, Daniel Herborn, Bernard Zuel, Chantal Nguyen and Harriet Cunningham
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Turning Hamlet into an opera? Remember the Pimm’s drinkers at the interval
- by Joyce Morgan
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Sublime, erotic, dangerous: Dido and Aeneas is 80 minutes of baroque astonishment
- by Nick Dent
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A critic’s pick of the best and worst of the Archibald Prize portraits
- by John McDonald
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