The Cimarons today.
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This audio visual masterpiece brilliantly captures the history of British reggae music.
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Sometimes dancers in the Sydney Dance Company production momenta suggest atoms under a microscope. They collide and react, constantly forming new molecules and compounds.
Sophie Turner as Joan.
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Based on true events, the series chronicles Joan’s transformation into the most infamous woman in London’s criminal underworld.
Sally Rooney.
Rooney’s latest is a testament to her optimism in people.
Kathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness in Agatha All Along.
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If you see one exhibition this year, make it Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers at the National Gallery in London.
The Last Word at the Marylebone Theatre.
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The Last Word focuses on the sheer absurdity of putting women on trial for daring to speak out. The women’s speeches are all verbatim transcripts, spoken by one actress.
Morfydd Clark as Galadriel in The Rings of Power.
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Series two of Rings of Power is concentrating on Tolkien’s warning of a ‘war of machines’.
Jeff Goldblum plays Zeus in Kaos.
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Kaos is a thrilling romp about gods and mortals vying for power and influence over the cosmos.
Flyers for the 2024 Fringe.
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Understandably, a number of shows at this year’s Fringe responded to the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
Oasis at a record signing ahead of the release of Definitely Maybe.
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Definitely Maybe, the album that launched the band, celebrates its 30th birthday on August 29.
Anne Zahalka, The Artist (self portrait),1988, from the series Resemblance II. Silver dye bleach print 50.0 x 50.0 cm.
Courtesy of the artist represented by ARC ONE Gallery (Melbourne) and Dominik Mersch Gallery (Sydney).
In 1986 the Australia Council paid for a young photographer to live for a year in Berlin. Anne Zahalka’s subsequent career shows this was money well spent.
The words ‘You belong here’ adorn the Hayward Gallery building as part of Tavares Strachan’s show.
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A sculpture of Harriet Tubman dominates much of the opening room, questioning our idea of who gets to be commemorated.
Design Museum
Barbie’s houses, fashions, vehicles and even her face, hair and body can be seen as a pink-tinted reflection of western culture.
Naomi Campbell at Naomi In Fashion.
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The show goes some way to correcting the historical oversight of the significant impact of models on fashion culture.
Dionne Brown (left) plays Queenie.
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Just as the novel drew attention to the whiteness of the chick-lit genre, the TV adaptation draws attention to the whiteness of chick-flicks.
A Lion’s Watermelon by Adam Rouhana (2024).
South West Bank
This year, much of the art addresses exile, diaspora, migration and colonial violence.
Louisa Harland as Nell Jackson in Renegade Nell.
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The Disney series is a magical mega-mix of Sally Wainwright’s greatest hits.
Matu Ngaropo and Ahunim Abebe in Bell Shakespeare s A Midsummer Nights Dream. Photo by Brett Boardman.
I took my young son Heathcliff to the show, and his perspective helped me see it through a kid’s eyes.
(Left to right) A Roman shield, a copper alloy Roman legionary helmet, an iron sword with gilded bronze scabbard, a suit of parade armour made from crocodile skin and a bronze head depicting the first Roman emperor, Augustus.
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There are some incredible rare finds on show at this exhibition but it fails to depict a more diverse life in and around Rome’s armies.
Victoria Art Gallery
A loving look at the artists who made the children’s publisher so popular.