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Michael Whalley (left) as Winston Smith and  David Whitney as O’Brien in Shake & Stir’s production of 1984.

George Orwell intended 1984 to be a satire, but this play shows it’s close to the truth

While the design is impeccable, the slow creeping unease of the text doesn’t translate as easily to stage.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Michael Dwyer and Sonia Nair

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Hazem Shammas will star in Bell Shakespeare’s production of Coriolanus.

The most demanding role Hazem Shammas has ever played

Macbeth has nothing on one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known and most monstrous subjects.

  • John Bailey
A Viking warrior, or at least what we imagine he might look like.

Extraordinary stash of Viking treasure is not what you’d expect

A new exhibition provides insights into the lives of the well-travelled traders around 900AD.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Seann Miley Moore in Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

This drag punk rock musical is magnetic and not to be missed

A global cult sensation since it was born in the clubs of New York in the late 1990s, Hedwig and the Angry Inch stands the test of time.

  • Will Cox and Jessica Nicholas
MSO chief conductor Jaime Martín

From concerts to cooking, maestro Martín conducts his life with brio

At the age of nine, a concert changed the trajectory of Jaime Martín’s life. He hasn’t looked back since.

  • Elizabeth Flux
Detail of a word from Persson’s Black Swan series.

He had run out of ideas and was running out of time. So he turned his problems into art

In Black Swans, artist Stieg Persson riffs on what’s happening in the world – and one universal truth about creativity.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
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Pete and Bas perform at Max Watts on June 8.

I don’t know what this show was, but it was the most fun I’ve had in ages

Are Pete and Bas actors? An elaborate bit of performance art? And does getting answers to these questions really, actually matter?

  • Will Cox, Cameron Woodhead, Sonia Nair and Karl Quinn
Andi Snelling

How getting bitten on a hiking trip turned into an acclaimed solo show

After a series of mysterious symptoms and misdiagnoses, Andi Snelling turned her medical odyssey into a funny and raw production.

  • Cameron Woodhead
Ellis Park

Cult filmmaker meets cult musician in a documentary that is hard to pin down

Justin Kurzel’s film about Warren Ellis makes for intriguing though not especially coherent viewing.

  • Jake Wilson
Jai Courtney plays a shark-obsessed serial killer in Dangerous Animals.

Serial killer thriller or shark movie? Actually it’s both

Set on the Gold Coast, this shark-cum-serial killer thriller doesn’t set sail for new territory, but it does make for a decent (dis)pleasure cruise.

  • Karl Quinn

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