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Elizabeth Fortescue

Elizabeth Fortescue is the Arts editor of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

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Mingay’s amazing transformation into Shrek

It takes up to two hours for actor Ben Mingay to be transformed into a green ogre for Shrek The Musical, with two makeup artists working on his face to apply prosthetics and paint. And that’s even before the “fat suit” comes on. SEE THE PICTURES

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Keith Urban performs on opening night at the Sydney Coliseum Theatre, West HQ, Rooty Hill, Sydney. 21st December 2019. Picture by Damian Shaw

Urban cowboy wins over the west

Western Sydney’s proud new performing arts venue was rocked into life last night by headline star Keith Urban, whose sang “nothing in the world feels like coming home” on the grand opening night of the Sydney Coliseum.

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Conductor Simone Young, appointed chief conductor of Sydney Symphony Orchestra from 2022. Stylist: Virginia van Heythuysen. Hair and makeup: Desiree Wise. Picture: Nic Walker. NOTE: Use only for story about appointment, Saturday 14 December 2019. Other uses only with permission of Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Sydney arts: all you need to know

The circus is coming (to the Sydney Opera House). A generous giver is remembered in a new exhibition. And Simone Young will be chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

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Dancer and Choreographer, Josh Mu, at Carriageworks, Sydney. Josh is creating a dance work for the competition, New Breed, by the Sydney Dance Co. Pic Liam Driver

Your essential multi-arts wrap

Australia’s next-gen choreographers strut their stuff; Hazelhurst in Gymea surfs a wave of nostalgia; National Gallery of Australia to borrow Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers.

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