Culture

The entire 19-member cast of Counting and Cracking will travel to New York for its September run.

Performing arts

Epic tale of destruction and family ties: Our latest show to take on the world

Just weeks after The Picture of Dorian Gray made a West End splash, this local stage hit is heading to the US.

by Linda Morris

Kirsha Kaechele, the artist behind the Ladies Lounge, at the Supreme Court in Hobart.

Visual art

Mona heads to Supreme Court in fight to keep Ladies Lounge for women

by Gabriella Coslovich

In a handout image acquired Wednesday, 24 April 2024 shows general scene pictures from the film “From Hilde with Love” Photo: Supplied .

Film Festivals

This tale of the Nazi resistance is both gentle and heartbreaking

by Jane Albert

Thomas ES Kelly’s work is known for its eclecticism.

Performing arts

From the footy field to the stage for this Indigenous dancer

by Chantal Nguyen

Anh Do will re-record Weirdo audiobooks to remove references to lists ranking girls by prettiness.

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Literature

The Weirdo books once had a ‘prettiest girls list’. Now, they are re-recording the audiobooks

by Kerrie O'Brien and Marika Dobbin-Thomas

Movies

Anya Taylor-Joy attends the Australian premiere of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga in Sydney.

Cinema

How Anya Taylor-Joy took over Australian cinema’s most iconic franchise

The Hollywood star spent over six-and-a-half months in Sydney ensconced in George Miller’s dystopian Mad Max universe, and lived to tell the tale.

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by Robert Moran

Film Festivals

Gracie Otto began a film about her dad’s one-man show. A diagnosis changed the story

Gracie Otto has made a documentary about her beloved father, who no longer recognises himself in one of Australia’s biggest films.

by Garry Maddox

Film Festivals

This tale of the Nazi resistance is both gentle and heartbreaking

by Jane Albert

Nicholas Galitzine and Anne Hathaway in The Idea of You.

Review

A reverse Notting Hill? How Anne Hathaway elevated the streaming rom-com

by Nell Geraets

Dzada Selim and Anamaria Marinca in Housekeeping for Beginners.

Cinema

This breakthrough Australian director is back with a safe house for misfits

by Stephanie Bunbury

TV & radio

TV Guide

Official trailer for Hotel Cocaine

Hotel Cocaine premieres on June 17, only on Stan.

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Eurovision

Australian duo Electric Fields out of Eurovision in nail-biting finish

Their stunning finish is a blow to Australia’s ambitions in the 68-year-old iconic music competition.

by Michael Idato

Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) and Gatwa in Doctor Who.

Streaming

‘As the Doctor and Ruby grew closer, so did we’: A new era for Doctor Who

by Michael Idato

Peter Stefanovic has apologised to Keegan Payne live on-air following his highly criticised interview with the teenager last week.

News & current affairs

Sky News host Peter Stefanovic apologises after interview ambush

by Nell Geraets

Kylie Sandilands and Jackie O Henderson have arrived in Melbourne.

Analysis

Radio

Kyle and Jackie O have hit Melbourne’s airwaves. I listened for a week … so you don’t have to

by Stephen Brook

Starring Jessica Mauboy the brand new Stan Original film Windcatcher is now streaming.

From the Director of Hacks & Brooklyn Nine-Nine the brand new Stan Original Series Population 11 is now streaming.

Music

Drake was not thought to have been hared in the shooting.

Crime

Security guard shot outside Drake’s mansion in Toronto

by Herb Scribner

Mdou Moctar (left), with band: rhythm guitarist Ahmoudou Madassane, drummer Souleymane Ibrahim, and bassist Mikey Coltun.

New music

While his band was away on tour, a military coup erupted at home

by Nick Buckley

While everyone is trying to figure out who is leading the feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, there’s one big winner no one is talking about.

Pop culture

Anatomy of a rap feud: The real winner of the Kendrick and Drake beef

by Thomas Mitchell

Video

Inventors

The Fairlight Story

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Live music

This program is supposed to support live music. So why are venues so angry?

by Karl Quinn

French duo Justice, featuring Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé.

Review

They were the coolest duo in dance music. Does their comeback album live up to that legacy?

by Annabel Ross

Live reviews

Maxwell Simon (centre) plays the tormented young Grinpayne in The Grinning Man.

Melbourne live reviews

Carnival meets dark fairytale in this intriguing musical

by Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way and Andrew Fuhrmann

Vaishnavi Suryaprakash carries the show as the Nayika, the protagonist dancing girl.

★★★★

Sydney live reviews

This charming performance feels like a catch-up with an honest and witty friend

by Chantal Nguyen, Daniel Herborn and John Shand

★★★½

Review

Nothing is sacred in this side-splitting ‘coming-of-clown’ story

by Shamim Razavi, Michael Bailey, Millie Muroi, Daniel Herborn and Kate Prendergast

Celebrity

Poehler, who is one of Hollywood’s most versatile and sought-after talents, with credits including actress, writer, director, producer, and bestselling author, will front Vivid Sydney Presents.

Vivid Sydney

Parks and Rec star Amy Poehler heading to Australia for live event

by Thomas Mitchell

Pop culture

Absolutely not: Joanna Lumley on why Ab Fab could never be made today

by Kerrie O'Brien

JoJo Siwa’s latest single, Karma, has fans and critics wondering where the rainbow-ponytailed, bow-wearing girl has gone.

Pop music

Child star JoJo Siwa has grown up, and her fans aren’t happy about it

by Nell Geraets

Stage

Performing arts

Epic tale of destruction and family ties: Our latest show to take on the world

by Linda Morris

Performing arts

From the footy field to the stage for this Indigenous dancer

by Chantal Nguyen

Group fitness: the term is a combination of two of my least favourite things.

Opinion

Musings

I signed up for a one-way ticket to hell and (somehow) came out transformed

by James Colley

Chill factor: Daniel MacPherson in The Woman in Black.

★★★½

Review

Before Blair Witch, prior to Paranormal, The Woman in Black chilled theatregoers

by Nick Dent

Art & design

Visual art

Mona heads to Supreme Court in fight to keep Ladies Lounge for women

by Gabriella Coslovich

Working conditions are getting tougher says independent choreographer and performer, Melanie Lane at Temperance Hall, Melbourne.

Art

Jobs at Bunnings: How Australia’s musicians, actors and artists scratch a living

by Linda Morris

Confusion and uncertainty: The works of William Kentridge on display at Annandale Galleries.

Review

These two art exhibitions take contrary approaches to depicting history

by John McDonald

Artist Vera Arbinja with sitter Elysia Aravena and Benji the dog, deliver her work to the loading dock of the Art Gallery of NSW for the Archibald Prize .

Archibald Prize

It’s a dog day as the Archibald Prize delivery deadline looms

by Helen Pitt

Books

Arts

The 13 must-see events at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival

by Jason Steger

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Literature

The Weirdo books once had a ‘prettiest girls list’. Now, they are re-recording the audiobooks

by Kerrie O'Brien and Marika Dobbin-Thomas

Review

How pop music met its Waterloo in ABBA

by Michael Dwyer

There are rules you’ll need to follow if you want to win over readers.

Literature

Our safe, white scene has rules if you want to be a ‘multicultural’ writer

by Amra Pajalic

The Sydney Morning Herald

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