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The production belongs to Sharon Millerchip and her remarkably deep, beautifully lived-in performance

Sharon Millerchip’s remarkable performance will break your heart

Our reviewers deliver their verdicts on the latest shows around town.

  • Peter McCallum and Cassie Tongue

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Ethel Carrick’s Rue Mouffetard (1910).

Fifty Aussie women artists who conquered Europe (and art history)

The AGNSW exhibition, Dangerously Modern, explores how 50 Australian women artists found liberation – and created groundbreaking works – in Europe,

  • Joanna Mendelssohn
Beguiling: Alto Ashlyn Tymms.

This five-star, pared-back Messiah is a sparkling gem: Don’t miss it

Our reviewers take in the biggest shows around town.

  • Peter McCallum, George Palathingal, Nadia Russell, Kate Prendergast, John Shand and Harriet Cunningham
Kimie Tsukakoshi, Merlynn Tong and Seong Hui Xuan.

This could be the silliest play I’ve ever seen

Our reviewers run the rule over the latest shows in town.

  • Peter McCallum, Kate Prendergast, Rod Yates and John Shand
A portrait of Susannah Cibber, “the Meryl Streep of her era”.

It’s Handel’s Messiah – but as you’ve never heard it before

Part of the origin story behind one of the best-loved classical oratorios is a real-life scandal involving a mix of blackmail, sex and redemption.

  • Nick Galvin
Troubled times: Cheryl Barker and Peter Coleman-Wright play a husband and wife in Trouble in Tahiti.

Stabbings, toast and Vegemite – it’s all in a night’s work for this operatic couple

Peter Coleman-Wright and Cheryl Barker have shared many memorable moments over their long careers.

  • Nick Galvin
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‘Hey, Siri, what are you doing to the planet?’

A new show at the Museum of Contemporary Art explores artificial intelligence from every angle.

  • Nick Galvin
Mary Nolan, Family picnic under the sweet chestnut trees, Anduze, c1973.

How five generations of Boyd women shaped an artistic dynasty

The creative lives of five generations of Boyd women are finally revealed in a major new exhibition featuring more than 300 works, including intimate, never-before-seen family photographs by Mary Nolan.

  • Gabriella Coslovich
Priscilla Presley

At 80, Priscilla Presley reflects on love, loss and why Elvis went through so many TVs

As she lands in Melbourne to kick off a national speaking tour, Presley reveals the secret to her success.

  • John Mangan
Actor Colin Friels is playing King Lear in The True History of the Life and Death of King Lear by William Shakespeare.

The ‘terrifying and humiliating’ role that freaks out Colin Friels

Playing King Lear is the ultimate challenge for the veteran actor.

  • Lenny Ann Low

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