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ARTS PREVIEWS & REVIEWS

Toy Symphony

Michael Gow's new play explores the agonising effects of writer's block.

Naked Samoans Go Home

The bro' Town crew have been described as New Zealand's greatest export since the All Blacks.

Nikon-Walkley Press Photo Awards

Increasingly news photographers appear to be covering their subjects with visual essays in mind.

Tyran Parke: Chinks in the Armour

A cleverly sculpted autobiographical dash through childhood aspirations and a show-biz career.

Gala Flamenca

If flamenco is a battle of the sexes, the stakes have never been higher for Belen Maya.

The Government Inspector

Two hands better than 19 in this slimmed-down version of Gogol's classic comedy.

Julie Rrap: Body Double

An artist accustomed to baring her own body is at her most revealing when she dims the lights.

King Tide

Katherine Thomson's wonderful play is about the collision of world views both generational and political.

Blue Print

When bushfires raged through the outskirts of Canberra, Deborah Pollard had no idea her parents were fleeing for their lives.

Dickens' Women

Miriam Margoyles reveals her passion for Dickens as well as the extent of her interpretative powers.