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Keeping the ghost lights shining

“It’s about saying: we haven’t gone forever, we’re coming back and we’re going to leave the lights on to show you that.”

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How MADE students are proposing to revitalise the Sydney Opera House

The Australian-Danish exchange program imagines what a future icon might look like.

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Dancing with Zadie Smith

Sisonke Msimang on the playful call and response of the British writer

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Annabel Crabb on Australia’s parenthood trap

Following Annabel Crabb’s live talk at the Opera House, read an extract from her Quarterly Essay ‘Men at Work: Australia’s Parenthood Trap’.

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Escaping reality with Yeonmi Park

The first in our series deconstructing the people and the movements that made them as part of Antidote, the Opera House's newest festival of ideas, art & action.

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Read up on: David Sedaris

A savant of razor-sharp and sardonic wit - don’t miss this evening with one of the world’s pre-eminent humour writers.

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It’s hip to be scared: The terrifying timeliness of American Psycho

How does American Psycho, one of the most controversial books of the 20th century, hold up in an era defined by Trump and #MeToo? And what can we expect from the upcoming musical adaptatio?

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Graeme Murphy is ballet’s fearless leader

Ten classic works reimagined by the dancer & choreographer. First published by The Australian Ballet.

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The viral musical you’ve probably never heard of

When it opened in 2017, ‘SIX the Musical’ enchanted a new generation of musical theatre fans with its contemporary pop homages and progressive take on Tudor history. Now, having just debuted on Broadway, the viral musical has its sights set on a wider audience.

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RENT’s powerful message for now: love and hope, 25 years on

RENT is a distinctively 90s musical that has retained its relevance a quarter century later. Lenny Ann Low discusses the latest incarnation of the cult musical with its just-announced cast and crew.

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