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The Inheritance
An epic queer examination of survival, healing, class divide, and what it means to call a place home.
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Theatre review: Swim, Carriageworks
A trip to a public pool provokes deep, submerged reflections.
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MZAZA: The Birth and Death of Stars
Riverside Theatres is thrilled to bring world music favourites MZAZA and their one-night performance of MZAZA: The Birth and Death…
![A man on a dimly lit stage has his arms outstretched. His large shadow is projected behind him on the wall. An Imaginary Life.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/An-Imaginary-Life-production-150724-211.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: An Imaginary Life, Moores Building Art Space, Fremantle
An impressive adaptation of David Malouf's classic novella about Ovid.
![Australia has many opportunities for playwrights. This photo is of a simple office desk, with a computer, open notepad, and tea cup.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/nick-morrison-FHnnjk1Yj7Y-unsplash-1-e1721101347827.jpg?w=310)
Exciting opportunities for playwrights
Hardly any theatre companies will accept unsolicited scripts. Most playwrights make their way through prizes and programs. We've gathered this…
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Theatre review: A Streetcar Named Desire, Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne
The MTC's take on Williams' 20th century classic impresses, but lacks genuine menace.
![Two men are holding up paper puppets that are dressed in the same clothing as they are. Hare Brain.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/hare-e1721088119345.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Hare Brain, Claremont Show Grounds, Perth
Inanimate objects came to life in this rendition of the hare and the tortoise tale.
![A woman wearing a cardboard crown. She has a black top over a light blue skivvy. La Belle Epoque.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GH6A6664-e1721086856907.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: La Belle Epoque, Theatre Works
A multimedia play that interweaves different art forms to tell the story of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Performance review: Popera: Sex, Death & Politics, The Butterfly Club
Uma Dobia plays a feminist icon in 'Popera', ready to stamp out opera’s entrenched sexism in sparkly knee-high boots.
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Theatre review: Elegies: A Song Cycle, fortyfivedownstairs
A new production company makes its premiere with a slick and funnier than expected rendition of songs about losing loved…