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

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Brook Andrew at Brook Andrew: The Right to Offend is Sacredat The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, 3 March –4 June 2017Photo: Wayne Taylor

Brook Andrew for Sydney Biennale

A contemporary artist who was born in Western Sydney and now exhibits around the world has been appointed artistic director for the next Sydney Biennale.

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Vivid inspires autistic boy to speak first sentence

When an excited Charlie Isackson turned to his mum at Vivid Sydney and told her, “I like it”, it was the only thing he said all night. In fact, it was the only sentence Charlie has ever said in all his seven years.

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Vivid inspires autistic boy to speak first sentence

EXCLUSIVE: When an excited Charlie Isackson turned to his mum at Vivid Sydney and told her, “I like it”, it was the only thing he said all night. In fact, it was the only sentence Charlie has ever said in all his seven years.

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Yolanda Lowatta in Dark Emu, Bangarra Dance Theatre, whats on

Review: Bangarra’s Dark Emu

Bangarra delivers 70 scintillating minutes of dance that lucidly explains how the First Australians grew grain, harvested food and cared for their land in a way far beyond others’ understanding.

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Professor Naguib Kanawatileading Egiptolist from Macquarie UniversityPhoto Flavio Brancaleone for the Daily Telegraph

Sydney in King Tut’s final lap

Sydney will be one of just ten international stops in a final lap of honour by artefacts from Tutankhamun’s tomb before they return to Cairo, never again to be seen outside of Egypt.

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Sarah Snook in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Saint Joan. Picture: Brett Boardman. Supplied for Elizabeth Fortescue

Review: STC’s Saint Joan

In the STC’s new production of George Bernard Shaw’s 1923 play, Saint Joan, the historical character of the title is portrayed as brave and obsessive, self-doubting and vulnerable.

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Ramin Karimloo   who is an international musical theatre star, in Surry Hills, today.Picture: Flavio Brancaleone

Karimloo set to debut in Sydney

West End and Broadway musical theatre star Ramin Karimloo and acclaimed Australian performer Anna O’Byrne will share the concert stage in Sydney next week.

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Aussie film history in jeopardy

WHEN Suzy Carter and Mark Lucas open their 600 sqm “wardrobe”, they see 70,000 items of clothing worn on screen by some of Australia’s biggest stars. But their future is unclear

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Pictured is the character Parpignol suspended above Sydney Harbour ahead of the opening of Opera Australias Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour.Picture: Richard Dobson

Get set for opera on the Harbour

A crescendo of special effects, including one that Danny Deckchair would be proud of, will make for the biggest spectacle Opera Australia has ever staged on Sydney Harbour.

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