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Suki Waterhouse performs at the Athenaeum on June 6.

She’s a ‘model, actress, whatever’ and in her first Australian gig her charisma is undeniable

In this all-ages performance at the Athenaeum, the lighting and smoke create an intense ambience that complements Suki Waterhouse’s stage presence.

  • Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Will Cox and Andrew Fuhrmann

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Marlon Williams performs at Rising Festival.

This concert was truly special. What a way to kick off winter.

Peruvian theatre company Teatro La Plaza has created a radical reconfiguration of a classic tale.

  • Karl Quinn, Cameron Woodhead, Andrew Fuhrmann, Tony Way, Will Cox and Barney Zwartz
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‘She just conjured electricity’: Celebrating Divinyls legend Chrissy Amphlett

Feisty, aggressive and sensual, the Geelong-born Divinyls frontwoman was a rock pioneer, ahead of her time. A new show looks at her life and legacy.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Marlene Dietrich on stage in the mid-1950s. She toured globally from the early 1960s until a fateful Monday night in Sydney in 1975.

‘A terrible tragedy’: The night in Sydney that changed Marlene Dietrich’s life

The career of the Hollywood star and style icon came to a tragic end in Australia. Fifty years on, a showbiz insider recalls her dramatic exit.

  • Andrew Hornery

The June 7 Edition

The Style Issue | Artist Vincent Fantauzzo | Anthony Burke’s tips for home-building | Winter fashion hits | Brooke Boney | Marlene Dietrich’s Australian tragedy

Pinchgut Opera performers Kanen Breen and Cathy-Di Zhang in The Fairy Queen.

‘Radical creator’ takes a ‘kaleidoscopic look at love’ in Shakespeare-adjacent opera

Royal Opera associate director Netia Jones is directing Pinchgut Opera’s re-staging of The Fairy Queen as the company makes its Roslyn Packer Theatre debut.

  • Matthew Westwood
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The US touring production of Anastasia

‘We all grew up on that movie’: How a beloved cartoon went from screen to stage

In the stage production of Anastasia the talking bat is gone, with the musical a more adult look at the tale of the possible last Romanov.

  • Cassidy Knowlton
Melissa Toogood will head up the dance school at Julliard.

Meet the Aussie dancer chosen to run one of the world’s most prestigious dance schools

As a 13-year-old, a terrified Melissa Toogood auditioned for a performing arts high school. It began a journey that has taken her to the peak of her craft.

  • Joyce Morgan
Japanese Breakfast playing Coachella in 2022. Her crowds and venues keep getting bigger.

June tunes: The best gigs to see in Sydney this month

From Japanese Breakfast to Warren Ellis, here are the best acts to catch this month.

  • James Jennings
Ichiko Aoba

When she starts singing, the crowd falls into complete silence

When Ichiko Aoba plays, even the slightest disruption, such as the crunch of a can or the thud of a footstep, is met with a dirty glance.

  • Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Michael Dwyer and Cameron Woodhead

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