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#Resist: Politics And Art Collide At Sydney Festival

"Australia is really good at locking people up. They've been doing it since colonisation."

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Looking Back Or Moving Forward? The Feminist Conundrum Of 'The Town Hall Affair'

"With all the plastic surgery and having to market yourself as an object. Have we really come forward?"

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Sydney Festival's Wesley Enoch Is The Playful Polemic Disrupting The Status Quo

"Surely the point of art is to look at a situation and ask, 'Where is the conflict? Where is the drama? Where is catharsis?'"

The Go-Betweens, Pussy Riot and Genesis P-Orridge To Headline 2018 Sydney Festival

Playful politics is the galvanising theme of 2018's eclectic offering.

Retro Futurismus

A shape-shifting variety show that nods to the minimalistic future dreamed up in yesteryear.

Tomboy Survival Guide (Ivan Coyote)

The Tomboy Survival Guide is designed for everyone who's thought about gender, been told they're not conforming or that nobody will ever love someone like them.

The Encounter (Complicite)

"This is complex, multilayered theatre that is at once virtuosic and meditative."

Features / Arts

Things Get Physical In The Search For Care In Gecko's Institute

"We're completely reliant on each other - falling off tables and being caught, being slung around..."

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Blood Is Thicker Than Stigma In Jacob Boehme's Exploration Of Aboriginality And HIV

"You can't make them pay good money to sit there and have shit thrown at them."

Features / Arts

Don't Miss These Must-See Shows At Sydney Festival

Arts & Culture Editor Maxim Boon picks the productions you need to catch.

Measure For Measure (Cheek By Jowl, Pushkin Theatre Moscow)

A vigorously expressive production, that often blisters with disturbing intent

Briefs: The Second Coming

"Burlesque with balls."

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