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    Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre Is Bringing 'The Birds' and Its Iconic Horror Tale to the Stage From the Page and Screen

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    It's Happening Again: The First Trailer for 'Freakier Friday' Promises Another Spell of Body-Swapping Chaos

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    Building a Blisteringly Raw Character Study Through Investigation and Improvisation: Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste Chat 'Hard Truths'

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    Bloc Party Is Touring Down Under in 2025 to Play 'Silent Alarm' in Full and Celebrate the Band's 20th Anniversary

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    With 200-Plus Events and More Than 140 Guests, 2025's Sydney Writers' Festival Program Is Absolutely Packed

    2024 Booker Prize-winner Samantha Harvey, 'Brooklyn' author Colm Tóibín, Australian 'Big Little Lies' wordsmith Liane Moriarty: they're all on the lineup.

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    Sydney Film Festival Is Teaming Up with Vivid 2025 on a Few Big Events, Including a Celebration of Warren Ellis 

    Watch documentary 'Ellis Park', then catch its subject chatting about the film and putting on a short musical performance.

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    Get Ready to Visit Hawkins, Indiana: An Immersive 'Stranger Things' Experience Is Hitting Australia for Vivid Sydney 2025

    Another Netflix hit is taking over Luna Park Sydney — this time taking you back to the 80s, including via locations from the series.

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    Nigella Lawson Is Curating Dinners in the Muru Giligu Pedestrian Tunnel — and That's Just the Start of Vivid Sydney's Huge 2025 Program

    Other highlights include Tangerine Dream, Anohni and the Johnsons, and an immersive 'Stranger Things' experience — plus the entire Vivid Light Walk is free.

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    Rhinestones at the Ready: Dolly Parton-Worshipping Musical 'Here You Come Again' Is Coming to Australia

    'Jolene', '9 to 5', 'Islands in the Stream' and 'I Will Always Love You' are among the iconic songs featured in this stage production, which is heading Down Under in 2025.

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    A Free Installation by a TeamLab Alum, Exclusive Suki Waterhouse Gigs, 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch': RISING's 2025 Program Is Here

    This year's lineup includes 65 events featuring 327 artists — a field of red beams that respond to movement and Waterhouse's first-ever Aussie shows among them.

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    Wrap Up Your Formula One Race Day in St Kilda With Free Gigs at Last Lap Live

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    After a Year Off, Dark Mofo Is Still Keen to Challenge and Confront with Its First 2025 Lineup Announcement

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    These Inner Sydney Bars are Hosting Mind-Expanding Talks by the University of Sydney on One Night Only

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    Green Day Have Cancelled the Gold Coast Gig on Their 2025 Australian Tour Due to Tropical Cyclone Alfred

    The show isn't able to be rescheduled due to the band's international touring scheduling, with ticketholders automatically receiving refunds.

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    Great News for Your Walls: Affordable Art Fair Is Returning to Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney in 2025

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    SXSW Sydney Is Making a Few Changes for Its 2025 Festival, Including Expanding Its Free Programming

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    Hollywood's night of nights is done and dusted for another year — and plenty of deserving movies from the past 12 months picked up awards.

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    Great Southern Nights Is Returning to NSW with a 2025 Statewide Gig Series

    Missy Higgins,Teenage Dads and Lime Cordiale are just some of the acts taking the stage.

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    Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-Winning Hit Musical 'In the Heights' Is Playing Melbourne and Southeast Queensland in 2025

    Comedy Theatre and HOTA, Home of the Arts will turn into Washington Heights to host seasons of this Broadway smash.

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    Another Winter, Another Lit-Up Garden Display: After-Dark Festival Lightscape Is Returning to Melbourne in 2025

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    2024's Worst Film Was 'Madame Web' According to the Razzies (and 'Joker: Folie à Deux' Picked Up Awards, Too)

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    How a Gem of a Workplace Sitcom and Its Stars Keep Levelling Up: Charlotte Nicdao and David Hornsby Talk 'Mythic Quest'

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    Filming in Secret, Fleeing Iran and Fighting Back Against the Regime: Mohammad Rasoulof Chats 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig'

    With his powerful 2025 Oscar contender, the exiled filmmaker explores a question that he's long pondered: "how do people who work with the system function internally?".

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    Getting the MacDonnell Ranges Glowing Is Just the Beginning of 2025's Packed 'Parrtjima — A Festival in Light' Program

    This annual highlight at Alice Springs Desert Park is celebrating its tenth edition with works by 20-plus First Nations artists, and more than 100 performers and special guests.

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    Empathy, Fearlessness and Following Up 'Shogun' with a Powerful Australian Prison Movie: Cosmo Jarvis Talks 'Inside'

    The fact that, as a musician, Jarvis charted in Triple J's Hottest 100 not once but twice is just a coincidence — he joined Aussie director Charles Williams' debut film based on its script and subject matter.

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    The Trailer for Nicolas Cage's Australian Thriller 'The Surfer' Is Here with 'Point Break'-Meets-'Wake in Fright' Vibes

    Julian McMahon also stars in this Western Australia-shot film about an Aussie expat returning home to his childhood beach.

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