Performing Arts
![Standing at a podium, his eyes closed in concentration, a bald-headed white man wearing a black suit and white shirt conducts an orchestra.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Hans-Graf_ph087_220728-c-Jack-Yam.jpg?w=310)
Singapore Symphony Orchestra set for 2025 Australian debut
Praised as one of the best orchestras in the world, the SSO performs in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in February…
![A black and white photograph of three members of the Deaf Indigenous Dance Group, all of whom stand with their backs to the camera. The photo is focused on a central figure who wears a grass skirt and holds clapping stocks behind his back. A figure in shorts stands to his left, and another figure in a loincloth stands to his right.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Deaf-in-Dance-resized1.jpg?w=310)
Deaf in dance: feeling the beat
‘Deaf in dance’, a free showcase featuring photos, artworks and stories from the Deaf Indigenous Dance Group (DIDG) is on…
![The lighting is blue. On the left a woman dressed up in metallic silver with matching headgear and long sharp nails is looking at a man in a black cloak and a mask on the right.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/M-Copy-of-WHEN-NIGHT-COMES-photo-Jeff-Busby_10431-e1719209369856.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: When Night Comes, The Astral
A multi-sensory immersive experience that blends theatre and cocktails.
![Selma Coultard and Mervyn Rubuntja at the Desert Mob Symposium 2023. Photo: Rhett Hammerton. A dark-skinned Aboriginal man with a short grey beard gestures with his left hand while holding a microphone in his right hand, into which he is speaking. He wears a brown hat, brown jacket and tan-coloured slacks. A brown-skinned Aboriginal woman wearing glasses, with her hair hair held back by a headscarf, sits to his right, but she is not the main focus of the photograph. The two sit beneath a screen, suggesting they are speaking on stage together.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Selma-Coulthard-and-Mervyn-Rubuntja-Iltja-Ntjarra-Art-Centre.-Desert-Mob-Symposium-Symposium.-.jpg?w=310)
Culture keeps the fire burning at Desert Mob
Desert Mob ignites Mparntwe/Alice Springs with First Nations pride and supports ethical purchasing of artworks alongside diverse programming.
![The silhouette of a woman and a man can be seen behind a lit up sheet. Around them there are planks of wood, greenery and a TV set.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/1.-the-last-train-to-madeline_img-11.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: The Last Train to Madeline, Meat Market Stables
A two-hander that tracks an evolving friendship through time.
![A woman is lying in a bathtub covered in bubbles. A man in a blue checkered shirt and t shirt sits nearby her and looks down at her.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/06-15-24-Cost-of-Living-Production-Morgan-Roberts-6001.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Cost of Living, Queensland Theatre
'Cost of Living' is a play for our times about the price we all pay to be human.Â
![A man with a salt and pepper beard is standing to one side and looking into the distance. He is wearing a white tunic and a crown made of flowers and leaves.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Robert-Menzies-in-Bell-Shakespeares-King-Lear-2024_Photo-by-Brett-Boardman-31.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: King Lear, Neilson Nutshell, Pier 2/3
Bell Shakespeare takes a minimalist approach to 'King Lear' in its first production of the play since 2010 – to…
![A man with a pale shirt and a beard is standing against a bluey-purply background with the words 'So you want my arts job' against it.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/SYWMAJ-2024-20June1.jpg?w=310)
So you want my arts job: Theatre Critic
Aside from the glamour of swanning around on opening nights among the glitterati, being a theatre critic necessitates a lot…
![Julia Slater-Allan and Sam Corr in ‘Cutting Onions’. Photo: Supplied. A woman sitting on the countertop based in purple light in a domestic sitting, gesturing to a man wearing a black hoodie.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/IMG_3772-1-e1718930620713.jpeg?w=310)
Theatre review: Cutting Onions, The MC Showroom
A visual extravaganza about modern relationships.
![Natalie Gamsu. Photo: Marija Ivkovic. A person smiling brightly wearing a red top and black skirt, which she is holding in her hand.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/IMG_4221-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-e1718928986319.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Shrapnel, fortyfivedownstairs
A production that celebrates Natalie Gamsu and invites the Jewish South African community to recall memories of their formative years.