Theatre
![Peacemongers. Against a green backdrop an Asian woman and white man sit at a dinner table laden with food, candles and books. He holds a butternut pumpkin and she holds a wine glass. They are both wearing serviettes tucked into their collars.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/unnamed-11-2-e1715126413314.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Peacemongers, Darebin Arts Speakeasy
An experimental think piece that played with the concept of a perfect world.
![The King's Player. Image is a bald white actor dressed in scruffy Middle Ages clothes with his mouth agape and his arms stretched out in surprise. Behind him is a large yellowish backdrop featuring a circle with a picture of a juggler in it.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/The-Kings-Player-Prod.-Still1-e1714536755494.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: The King's Player, Alex Theatre
A one-man comedy show inspired by 'Hamlet', and told from the perspective of a lowly minstrel desperate for promotion.
![Matthew Shepherd. Image is a black and white head and shoulders shot of a young blond man wearing a jumper and standing in a room in front of a window. His head is tilted to the left.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Matthew-Shepard-2-1024x682-1.jpg?w=310)
Hate transmuted into theatrical gold in new staged reading of The Laramie Project
A Sydney reading of the verbatim play about Matthew Shepard’s murder will feature Shepard’s father, Dennis, reading his courtroom statement.
![Wild Dogs Under My Skirt. Image is a group of Samoan women on a stage sitting on chairs in a semi circle and holding their fists together in front of them. In the middle stands another woman in a grey dress raising her arms triumphantly. The camera is at the back of the audience so some silhouetted heads are in the foreground.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Wild-Dogs-Under-My-Skirt-at-SoHo-Playhouse-7_Adam-Kissick1-e1714363865453.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Wild Dogs Under My Skirt, Riverside Theatres
Poetry-based work about being a Samoan woman performed by a multi-skilled ensemble.
![A woman of Asian appearance sits on a stool smiling at the camera. She has long dark hair and wears an orange-brown outfit. The background is indistinct.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/DAMI-IM-e1714354045770.jpg?w=310)
New musical celebrates Australian inventiveness
The creation of the black box flight recorder is the focus of a new musical theatre production opening at QPAC…
![A young white smiling white man holds up one arm and in the other holds a Harry Potter book.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Scott-Hoatson.jpeg?w=310)
Theatre review: Potted Potter, Athenaeum Theatre
Hogwarts inspired mayhem with hilarity and beach balls...
![A young white man dressed as Harry Potter branding a wand, crossing that with a star wand brandished by an other young white man wearing devil's horns.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Production-shot-2.jpeg?w=310)
Hairy Potter – selling a show when the author is persona non grata
While the creator of the Potter-verse may no longer be everyone's favourite multimillionaire, there are still plenty in the sector…
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Theatre review: Things I Know to Be True, Theatre Works
A family held together by love, but wracked by secrets.
![A black and white photograph of a well-presented, older white man standing in a doorway, with his left hand on his hip and hie right hand and upper arm braced against the doorframe. Many bookshelves are visible in the background behind them. Frank Van Straten.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Frank-Van-Straten--e1713935127790.jpg?w=310)
Vale Frank van Straten AM
The renowned theatre historian, archivist, author and performing arts devotee has died, aged 87.
![man hangs from a rope against a blue backdrop over a watering hole on a stage. a tiger puppet is behind him and rain pours all around. Luzia Cirque du Soleil](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Luzia_Geneve2022_AnneColliard-4662-e1713940693406.jpg?w=310)
Circus review: Luzia, Cirque du Soleil, Flemington Racecourse
The latest Cirque du Soleil show to hit Australia is as captivating a spectacle as ever.