Theatre
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Musical review: Dogfight, Chapel Off Chapel
What does a contemporary stage adaptation of this 90s movie about misogyny and sexual politics look like?
![Democracy Repair Services. Image is of four actors on a black stage that can barely be seen, but each has a head torch](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/dem.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Democracy Repair Services, Blue Room Theatre, WA
This subversive play challenges concepts of democracy by exploring the dark side of general consensus.
![Orlando. Image is of four actors in red jackets back to back with each other and with arms raised in front of them.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/orl.jpg?w=310)
Musical review: Orlando, fortyfivedownstairs
This adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic novel, 'Orlando', is promising but patchy.
![IRL. Image is a boy in a pink shirt with a boy in a koala onesie wrapping his arms around him.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/IRL.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: IRL, Roundhouse Theatre, Brisbane
A cosplay meet-cute where the ordinary meets the extroverted.
!['Hajji and her daughters', an artwork by Amani Haydar. Image: Supplied, courtesy of Amani Haydar.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/20210111_155107-e1699487689194.jpg?w=310)
Arts with law: a complementary and powerful combination
Creating social change and addressing the inadequacies of systems around gendered violence, through arts and law's intersection.
![This Rough Magic. Image is a bare stage with several actors, kneeling, sitting or standing, one holding up a stick, and another holding a cloth that could symbolise a child.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/3-L-R-Kaitlin_Nihill_Lainie_Hart_George_Kanaan_Reza_Momenzada_Andre-Le_ThisRoughMagic_Credit_NovelPhotographic.jpg?w=310)
Asylum seekers meet Shakespeare in bold new take on The Tempest
Written by playwright Helen Machalias, ‘This Rough Magic’ uses Shakespeare as a lens through which to explore our nation’s treatment…
![In the Club. Image is a theatre set of a dark smoky club with a black and red striped bench seat and a young man sitting with a young woman on his knee.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/In-The-Club-Production-Image-4.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: In the Club, Theatre Works
Patricia Cornelius' play tackles consent, coercion and sexual violence in the AFL.
![Defoe. Image is a man in 18th century garb, with a white wig, sitting in an armchair and holding up his arms in a querying stance.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/defoe-e1699487337800.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Defoe's Plague, La Mama
A befuddled but promising exploration of the life and work of Daniel Defoe.
![Everything but the kitchen sink. Image is a woman in drag as an Aussie tradie, in high vis shirt, baseball cap, with a fake moustache and can of VB beer.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/vis.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Everything but the Kitchen Sink Fest, The Flight Path Theatre
Four producers, four shows and the questionable relevance of the fourth wall in this inner west theatre festival.Â
![Chewing Gum Dreams. Image is of a black teenage girl sitting on a block, wearing school uniform and looking shocked.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Chewing-Gum-Dreams-2023-1008-1.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Chewing Gum Dreams, Clubhouse Theatre, Townsville
A solo show that traverses the life of a black teenager teetering on the edge of adulthood.