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Australian Arts Review (AAR) features the best of Australia’s performing and visual arts sector. Free to access and only featuring professional and independent artistic practice, the website provides up-to-date and relevant editorial content.
Rohan Shearn takes a look at Back to Te Maunga by Joel Te Teira - currently playing at the La Mama Theatre Courthouse until 22 March 2026.
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Craig Dalglish takes a look at ANASTASIA - currently playing at Crown Theatre Perth until 28 March, before playing the Sydney Lyric Theatre from 7 April, the Adelaide Festival Centre from 2 August, and the Lyric Theatre - QPAC, Brisbane, from 16 September 2026.
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June Collins takes a look at The Diary of Anne Frank - currently playing at Melbourne's Athenaeum Theatre until 21 March, before playing Sydney's State Theatre from 25 March – 2 April 2026.
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Daniel McInnes takes a look at Tracey Yarad in All These Pretty Things - which is currently playing at The Box at ARTHUR ARTHOUSE, as part of the 2026 Adelaide Fringe, until 10 March.
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After award-winning seasons at FRINGE WORLD and Melbourne Fringe, the critically acclaimed cabaret Tomas Clifford Got Stood Up is finally coming to Adelaide Fringe to be the hottest date in town!
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Dr Jytte Holmqvist takes a look at Grace Jones - who recently played in Melbourne as part of an Australian tour.
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City of Melbourne's City Gallery will present On The Street Where I Live: Viva Gibb’s portrait of North and West Melbourne – a landmark exhibition celebrating the work of Melbourne artist and social documentary photographer Viva Jillian Gibb (1945–2017).
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Marking 30 years since the Port Arthur massacre, Theatre Works brings to Melbourne audiences, Tom Holloway’s award-winning play, Beyond The Neck, this March.
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On the Couch features Kate Hudson-James - who stars as Juliet in & Juliet - which will be presented at The Empire Theatre, Toowoomba from 13 - 22 March 2026.
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After acclaimed productions in 2014 and 2019 and international workshops, Drew Downing’s REBEL returns to Melbourne and The MC Showroom this March.
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Australian Contemporary Opera Co. (ACOCO) will present the Australian premiere of Emma O’Halloran’s acclaimed chamber operas Mary Motorhead and Trade in the Beckett Theatre at the Malthouse Theatre in March 2026.
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Melbourne’s largest free community festival, Moomba, kicks off today – with over 1 million visitors expected to flock to the banks of the Yarra River – Birrarung for an action-packed long weekend.
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On the Couch features James Clayton - who stars as Giorgio Germont in West Australian Opera’s production of La Traviata, which will play at Perth's His Majesty’s Theatre from 14 - 28 March 2026.
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Daniel G. Taylor takes a look at Little Miss Typecast - which recently played at the Dom Polski Centre, as part of the Adelaide Fringe; before playing at The Motley Wherehaus (The Candy Room), as part of the Melbourne Comedy Festival, from 23 – 29 March 2026.
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Tara Oldfield's Diamonds, Furs & Murder: The Many Crimes of Mona Hayes is a historical fiction inspired by the life and crimes of little-known 1930s thief Mona Hayes.
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Rehearsals have begun for the spectacular Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour production of The Phantom of the Opera, which makes its highly anticipated return to Mrs Macquaries Point from 27 March to 3 May 2026.
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John Moyle takes a look at Live It Up - The Mental As Anything Story - which screens in selected cinemas across Australian from Thursday 5 March 2026.
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This March, International cabaret provocateurs Briefs Factory are coming to Spiegel Haus Melbourne with The Works - an after-hours edition - louder, raunchier and with a whole lot less left to the imagination.
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A powerful multichannel audio-visual artwork by multi-disciplinary artist Tahlia Palmer (Yuwaalaraay/Gamilaraay and mixed European descent), created in collaboration with Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung man Jasper Cohen-Hunter, will premiere at the Koorie Heritage Trust Inc.
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Currently touring Australia as the special guest on Ben Folds’ national tour, American performer Lindsey Kraft makes her Adelaide Fringe debut at Holden Street Theatres with Lindsey Kraft + A Piano Present: We’ve Been Here Before.
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In a whirlwind opening weekend of the 2026 Adelaide Fringe, Australian Arts Review takes a look at an artistic reimagining of a city.
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Immerse yourself in a sensory journey with Echoes of Silence – A Contemporary Percussion Odyssey. This transformative contemporary performance direct from Hong Kong blends experimental sound and captivating visuals in its Australian debut at Adelaide Fringe.
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On the Couch features Greta Nash - who directs the Australian premieres of Mary Motorhead and Trade - which will be presented by the Australian Contemporary Opera Co. at the Malthouse Theatre from 6 - 13 March 2026.
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Producer John Frost for Crossroads Live has announced other talented performers who will play lead roles and ensemble in the Australian Premiere of WAITRESS, which will ignite Her Majesty’s Theatre Melbourne from 1 May, and the Sydney Lyric Theatre from 1 August.
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Daniel G. Taylor takes a look at The Debate - currently playing in The Arch at Holden Street Theatres, as part of the 2026 Adelaide Fringe, until 22 March.
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Queensland performing arts took centre stage on Monday 2 March 2026, as the 38th Matilda Awards were presented at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre Playhouse, celebrating the talent and innovation driving the state’s arts sector.
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On the Couch features David Benaim - who will present Excel comedy & Mathem-antics at The Austral Hotel, as part of the Adelaide Fringe, from 7 - 22 March 2026.
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Thirteen exceptional touring productions and exhibitions will travel across regional NSW over the coming years, showcasing the state’s extraordinary breadth of arts and cultural talent for audiences of all ages.
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Daniel G. Taylor takes aa look at Eat the Rich (but maybe not me mates x) - currently playing at The Studio at Holden Street Theatres, as part of the 2026 Adelaide Fringe, until 22 March.
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You are officially invited to come and join the afterparty this Adelaide Fringe with the Australian premiere of Cyclops: A Satyr Play – the ground-breaking solo work by Canadian actor and writer Griffin Hewitt at the Holden Street Theatres this March.
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