Fresh Finds: Class Of 2025 – Aussie Acts To Add To Your Playlist

Bethany Cannan, Journalist

Reviews / Arts
Reformation
As you explore the three levels of the gallery space you will encounter bold, thought-provoking pieces that confidently move between states of pleasure and pain.
Reviews / Arts
Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead
The exploits of one of the players, Alfred (George Kemp, in his debut performance for STC) successfully captures both amusement and sympathy throughout the show.
Features / Arts
Life As Poster Art
“I think if I had gone to art school, I would have rebelled against it, and been like, ‘fuck that, I’m going to be a lawyer, or a tradie, or a rocket scientist!’”
Reviews / Arts
Sydney Arts Series
In a short statement about the exhibition, Ono says, “think peace, act peace, spread peace Sydney. I love you”. Both exhibitions open in November this year.
Reviews / Arts
Smash Palace
You will have to be quick to experience Smash Palace though, the gallery closes on August 4 to install the second exhibition for the year.
Reviews / Arts
Blak
Excellent performances from all artists, in particular Waangenga Blanco, Elma Kris, Jasmin Sheppard, and Yolande Brown, along with guest artist Hunter Page-Lochard.
Reviews / Film & TV
The East
This is a slick, entertaining ride that is rewarding so long as it is not taken too seriously.
Reviews / Film & TV
Comrade Kim Goes Flying
Wait for the scenes where arbitrary segments of North Korean industry have been edited in, or, scenes that have been purposely accelerated in an attempt to showcase the efficiency of the working class.
Reviews / Film & TV
Behind The Candelabra
In what Steven Soderbergh has discussed as his final work for the foreseeable future, HBO produced this cine-biopic due to criticism of it being ‘too gay’.