Theatre
![Mr. III三III. Image is three men with juggling pins. One is seated in front of a drum kit.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/mn.jpg?w=310)
Circus review: Mr.  III三III (Mr Three), NICA, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Office workers trying to break away from corporate, capitalist routines.
![Potato Race. Two women stand back to back, each carrying a potato sack over their shoulders.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/apple-e1697489843104.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race, Bille Brown Theatre
Mashing through the glass ceiling, one potato race at a time.Â
![How to Shave. Image is of transman with brown shirt over white t-shirt stroking his chin](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/IMG_3711-e1697151982672.jpeg?w=310)
Performance reviews: How to Shave and It’s Like a Circle, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Comedy that unpacks the highs and lows of transmasculine identity and theatre exploring the realms of queer love.
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Performance review: The Blood Vote, Gasworks Arts Park
Fusing opera and circus, The Blood Vote by composer Jenny Game and librettist Caitlin Vincent sees Australian suffragist Vida Goldstein…
![Melbourne Fringe. Two women with bustieres and frill collars, plus high ponytails face the camera.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/HIGH_PONY-I-Got-Shot-By-Charlie-1-e1696998216984.jpg?w=310)
Performance Reviews: HIGH PONY, LOOPS, Black Widow, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Four Melbourne Fringe Festival works show the range on offer, from comedy to circus, cabaret and street tours.
![Lady Day. Image is a woman in a white dress backed by a trio singing into a mic in front of an audience.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/383156208_712057597635258_4161187331956434231_n-e1696991924686.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, Belvoir St Theatre
Every element of this journey into the closing stages of Billie Holiday's life and career is entrancing from start to…
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Theatre review: The Paper Escaper, Theatre Royal Studio, Hobart
The Paper Escaper follows the adventures of a character who wants to leave a pop-up book and write their own…
![Trans. Woman with green top and long brown hair sits in armchair looking at camera with hand under chin. Behind her are a pot plant and a lamp.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/An-Evening-With-JK-image-credit-Olly-Lawrence-1.png?w=310)
Activists will tell you that trans roles should go to trans actors – I disagree
When a certain children's author is played by a trans performer and a trans character is played by a cis…
![Sunset Boulevard. Woman in flowing white dress on the stage in front of an empty theatre, surrounded by house lights and footlights.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/53245236268_05c241baa1_k.jpg?w=310)
Phantom’s Sarah Brightman to star in new Australian production of Sunset Boulevard
‘All right Mr DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up’: Brightman to play deranged silent picture star Norma Desmond in lavish…
![The Hotline. Three people sit at a table laden with food while a man stands behind them.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/387060716_805127451613723_7344984705334227677_n-e1696902171629.jpg?w=310)
Performance reviews: The Hotline, Poet No.7 and Zaffé, Melbourne Fringe Festival
An on-demand pregnancy hotline, post-apocalyptic Melbourne and reimagining of a traditional Lebanese wedding at Melbourne Fringe 2023.