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Did the world need another <em>Wizard Of Oz</em>? Brisbane's La Boite offers one anyway -- a high-camp farce that doesn't present much to chew over.

REVIEW: The Wizard Of Oz | La Boite Theatre, Brisbane

Did the world need another Wizard Of Oz? Brisbane's La Boite offers one anyway -- a high-camp farce that doesn't present much to chew over.

<em>Miss Julie</em> is missing nothing, from gutsy aural landscape to its blood-bathed denouement. Bugger the critics, this is another victory for Simon Stone.

REVIEW: Miss Julie | Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney

Miss Julie is missing nothing, from gutsy aural landscape to its blood-bathed denouement. Bugger the critics, this is another victory for Simon Stone.

Add Benjamin Britten, Rimbaud, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Katie Noonan and eight of Sydney Dance Company's best for a magic night of theatre.

REVIEW: Les Illuminations | The Studio, Sydney

Add Benjamin Britten, Rimbaud, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Katie Noonan and eight of Sydney Dance Company's best for a magic night of theatre.

Stravinsky's <em>The Rite of Spring</em> gets an imaginative modernisation at the Sydney Opera House. It's a fitting celebration of a classic work.

REVIEW: iTMOi (in the mind of igor) | Drama Theatre, Sydney

Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring gets an imaginative modernisation at the Sydney Opera House. It's a fitting celebration of a classic work.

The shortlist for this year's Man Booker Prize is out -- and a 28-year-old author from New Zealand could be the youngest ever winner of the prestigious literary gong.

Young NZ author wins spot on Man Booker shortlist

The shortlist for this year's Man Booker Prize is out -- and a 28-year-old author from New Zealand could be the youngest ever winner of the prestigious literary gong.

<b>James Rose</b> examines the NGA in the latest installment of his series on national identity and story telling.

How smart is the National Gallery of Australia?

James Rose examines the NGA in the latest installment of his series on national identity and story telling.

Freelance journalist <b>Hari Raj</b> takes in the cavalcade of art, costume, nudity and general weirdness that grows every year in the Nevada dessert.

On the ground at Burning Man, a cavalcade of counterculture

Freelance journalist Hari Raj takes in the cavalcade of art, costume, nudity and general weirdness that grows every year in the Nevada dessert.

It might be as British as bootstraps, but <em>Jerusalem</em> celebrates something very close to Aussie hearts. New Theatre's production of the epic play captures the spirit.

REVIEW: Jerusalem | New Theatre, Sydney

It might be as British as bootstraps, but Jerusalem celebrates something very close to Aussie hearts. New Theatre's production of the epic play captures the spirit.

What would Harper Lee make of Nelle Lee's radical retelling of <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>? The characters are one-dimensional here, but it still works.

REVIEW: Tequila Mockingbird | Cremorne Theatre, Brisbane

What would Harper Lee make of Nelle Lee's radical retelling of To Kill a Mockingbird? The characters are one-dimensional here, but it still works.