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Milestone play a personal win for actor with disability

Milestone play a personal win for actor with disability

A prize-winning play brings performers with disability to centre stage in Australian theatre and it's been a long time coming, actor Kate Hood says.

Face the music and back proven festivals, inquiry told

Face the music and back proven festivals, inquiry told

Face the music and back proven festivals, inquiry told

Face the music and back proven festivals, inquiry told

Supporting grassroots music festivals with long track records rather than one-off events will help Australia's live music industry, a hearing has been told.

Students help keep the Blak fire burning through art

Students help keep the Blak fire burning through art

Students help keep the Blak fire burning through art

Students help keep the Blak fire burning through art

An immersive art exhibition is on display for NAIDOC Week, featuring works created by students, under the guidance of First Nations creatives.

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Who's afraid of a 1000-seat theatre? Not Virginia Woolf

Who's afraid of a 1000-seat theatre? Not Virginia Woolf

Melbourne's Red Stitch Theatre is taking Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? from an 80-seat venue to the 1000-seat Comedy Theatre.

What the world needs just now: a portrait of Bob Katter

What the world needs just now: a portrait of Bob Katter

Little-known committee meets to discuss commissioning a portrait of "colourful" MP Bob Katter

Miles Franklin Literary Award finalists announced

Miles Franklin Literary Award finalists announced

The Miles Franklin judges say they are "awed by the ambitious sweep and range of the novels" competing for the prestigious $60,000 literary award.

Exploring a mysterious art forest by a sewage plant

Exploring a mysterious art forest by a sewage plant

Intrepid explorers will be able to wander through a mysterious piece of world-renowned land art at a sewage plant as part of a major Australian design program.

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Neighbours' Toadie to leave Ramsay St after 30 years

Neighbours' Toadie to leave Ramsay St after 30 years

Neighbours' Toadie to leave Ramsay St after 30 years

Neighbours' Toadie to leave Ramsay St after 30 years

Actor Ryan Moloney is departing Neighbours after three decades playing beloved character Toadie - but he won't leave the long-running soap altogether.

Matthew Perry’s drug death ‘could spark charges'

Matthew Perry’s drug death ‘could spark charges'

Matthew Perry’s drug death ‘could spark charges'

Matthew Perry’s drug death ‘could spark charges'

As investigations continue into the death of Matthew Perry, a police source says several people might be charged over the shock overdose of the Friends star.

More areas seeking 'cool' post-pandemic nightlife boost

More areas seeking 'cool' post-pandemic nightlife boost

More areas seeking 'cool' post-pandemic nightlife boost

More areas seeking 'cool' post-pandemic nightlife boost

After the success of an inner-Sydney entertainment district, a string of other councils want to roll out areas with later opening hours and looser noise limits.

Audio, eBook creators to be paid in a funding first

Audio, eBook creators to be paid in a funding first

Audio, eBook creators to be paid in a funding first

Audio, eBook creators to be paid in a funding first

Those who help bring books to life will receive millions in government support to compensate for losses incurred when their works are borrowed from libraries.

'Unwilling participant' helps secure major arts prize

'Unwilling participant' helps secure major arts prize

'Unwilling participant' helps secure major arts prize

'Unwilling participant' helps secure major arts prize

An "unwilling participant" captured hanging out with horses and an accomplished author bathed in moonlight are featured in two award-winning portraits.

'Don't overthink it': thousands take nippy solstice dip

'Don't overthink it': thousands take nippy solstice dip

'Don't overthink it': thousands take nippy solstice dip

'Don't overthink it': thousands take nippy solstice dip

A record 3000 people have taken a naked plunge in Hobart's River Derwent to mark the winter solstice.

Sir Ian McKellen 'in good spirits' after stage fall

Sir Ian McKellen 'in good spirits' after stage fall

Sir Ian McKellen 'in good spirits' after stage fall

Sir Ian McKellen 'in good spirits' after stage fall

Actor Sir Ian McKellen has fallen from the stage in London during a fight scene, with the remainder of an evening performance cancelled.

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Neighbours became such good friends, the grief was real

Neighbours superfans found the axing of their TV show as traumatic as grieving the end of real-life relationships, new Australian research has found.

Why Estebana abandoned science to become a blacksmith

"Estebana" abandoned his career to become a blacksmith. Years later, artist studios have dropped off around him, making him fear for the "soul" of his city.

MONA queen's forest foray has aura of ambiguity

It's been six months since Kirsha Kaechele held a bizarre congress to get loggers and forest defenders talking. In typical MONA fashion it's been polarising.

Lessons learned, crowds controlled at Sydney's Vivid

Security mistakes that left thousands of spectators feeling trapped and anxious while stuck in crowds at Sydney's Vivid light festival have been addressed.

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New night life boss 'crucial' to live music economy

The Queensland government's decision to appoint a night life economy commissioner has been welcomed as a boost for the future of the live music industry.

UK TV doctor Mosley's family confirms death in Greece

The wife of TV doctor Michael Mosley says she is devastated to have lost her "wonderful, funny, kind and brilliant husband" on the Greek island of Symi.

Hamish Blake, Jimmy Rees forget King's birthday gift

Hamish Blake and Jimmy Rees are among hundreds of people on the King's Birthday Honours List, although neither comedian remembered to get the monarch a gift.

Concerns over crowd control at Sydney's Vivid Festival

Additional police will be on duty after larger than expected crowds prompted security concerns around Sydney Harbour after a drone show at the Vivid festival.

Circus school flies high in its 46th year

Australia's only full-time youth circus school is bounding from strength to strength ahead of an upcoming performance at the Sydney Opera House.

Champion racehorse Winx immortalised in new documentary

A new film, A Horse Named Winx, has premiered in Sydney, with generations to come to learn about the champion mare and her historic winning streak.

Laura Jones' portrait of Tim Winton wins the Archibald

Artist Laura Jones has won Australia's most prestigious art award, the Archibald Prize, with a portrait of author Tim Winton.

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