Music
Young hearts run free … with Queensland Youth Symphony

Celebrating its 60th year, Queensland Youth Orchestras has inspired hundreds of young musicians like Queensland Youth Symphony clarinettist Annabelle Freeman to reach for the stars.

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Film & TV

My Brilliant Career review: Gorgeous modernisation of a radical classic

Netflix’s sumptuous new My Brilliant Career, filmed in South Australia, sands some of the rough edges from Miles Franklin’s difficult young heroine in this warm, sexy and artfully modern adaptation.

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Class war: The party’s over, but trouble is just getting started in this French comedy

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When silence is golden: Tree change film reconnects us with the natural world

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From Slow Horses to Outback thirst trap: Christopher Chung’s brilliant career

Review
Miracle of miracles: Golden age classic revitalised for a modern world still in turmoil

Fiddler on the Roof is a classic stage musical for a reason and that’s evident in a brilliant new production playing in Sydney and soon heading to Brisbane.

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Visual Art

The white flag that doesn’t mean surrender

His art is well known in public and private and Bruce Reynolds’ latest exhibition at The Renshaws displays what he describes as ‘a different kind of poetic’.

 

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Blinded by bling: Cartier show sparkles with tiaras galore

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Vision splendid: Art prize captures Brisbane from all sides

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Fred Williams – master of abstract landscape

Music
Hot August nights and rhinestone lights: Neil Diamond ain’t daggy anymore

A BEAUTIFUL NOISE celebrates the life of an American rock icon who may once have seemed a bit daggy but now is revered because, well, Neil Diamond’s music is forever.

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Books & Poetry
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Books & Poetry

Dangerous liaisons: Crime fiction with a literary twist

Veteran Australian author Michael Wilding’s Detective Plant series is the gift that keeps on giving.

Theatre
Aussie rules: Theatre legend shines in majestic role befitting her pedigree

After a lifetime on stage Nancye Hayes is enjoying her time as the Dowager Empress of Russia.

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Theatre
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Theatre

Reality bites in a new true blue Aussie musical

After many years working in the film and television industry, Ian McFadyen has come back home to musical comedy.

Music
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Music

Young hearts run free … with Queensland Youth Symphony

Celebrating its 60th year, Queensland Youth Orchestras has inspired hundreds of young musicians like Queensland Youth Symphony clarinettist Annabelle Freeman to reach for the stars.