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Fish iceblocks return slowly to Sydney Harbour in Four Thousand Fish at Sydney Festival. Jamie Williams

January 16, 2018

Four Thousand Fish and Broken Glass connect Sydney’s Aboriginal past to its present

Heidi Norman, University of Technology Sydney

Aboriginal women are at the heart of two events at the Sydney Festival, which grapple with the impact of colonisation on their lives.

Bani and the cast of My Name is Jimi. Daniel Boud

January 11, 2018

My Name Is Jimi is a four-generation Torres Strait history on stage

Caroline Wake, UNSW Sydney

My Name is Jimi is the story of actor Jimi Bani told by four generations, in three languages, drawing on multiple cultural and theatrical traditions.

Musicians perform underwater in AquaSonic at the Sydney Festival. Jamie Williams

January 11, 2018

AquaSonic merges science and art in an underwater symphony

Diana Blom, Western Sydney University

Between Music’s AquaSonic puts five musicians in tanks of water. It is an hour of evocative new sounds and striking visuals.

Maura Tierney (second from left) plays Germaine Greer, Scott Shepherd (far left) and Ari Fliakos (second from right) both play Norman Mailer, and Greg Mehrten as Diana Shilling (far right). Prudence Upton

January 9, 2018

The Town Hall Affair brings Germaine Greer’s 1970s feminist debate roaring into the present

Bryoni Trezise, UNSW Sydney

The Town Hall Affair is a recreation of a 1971 debate between Germaine Greer and other feminists and Norman Mailer. It feels exceptionally prescient in 2018.

Circus Oz’s Model Citizens seamlessly intertwines entertainment with political and social commentary. Jaimie Williams

January 8, 2018

Circus Oz’s Model Citizens is a triumph of skill and political satire

Jon Burtt, Macquarie University

Circus Oz’s latest show furthers the company’s commitment to politically driven, gender balanced circus.

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