Performing Arts
![Death in the Pantheon. On a dark stage two actors are bathed in green light. One can only be seen from the neck down and is holding an ornate drinking contraption, with a red glass case, the other is bending below it to drink.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/20240612181215_IMGL97391.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Death in the Pantheon, Flight Path Theatre
The latest production from Sydney’s Upper Crass Theatre Company is somewhat flawed – but not without its charms.Â
![A town hall event will audience and colourful lighting in room. City of Sydney.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/CityTalksJune2024-PhotosbyKatherineGriffiths-013.jpg?w=310)
What a $20 million lifeline for Sydney’s cultural life buys
‘Our creative workforce increasingly can’t afford to live or work here,’ Clover Moore, Lord Mayor. ArtsHub look at the City…
![Three men and a woman are standing on treadmills. They have their arms in the air.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Burnout_Paradise_Darren_Gill-32121.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Burnout Paradise, Pony Cam Collective, RISING Festival, Malthouse
A frenzy of tasks performed on treadmills – but to what end?
![Suhani Shah. A woman with a short bob haircut wearing a sparkling maroon pantsuit is standing on stage in front of heavy curtains. She has her left arm raised and fingers pointed to the sky.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GiannaRizzo_SuhaniShah_HR-71.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Suhani Shah, Spellbound, RISING Festival, The Capitol
A magic mentalist show from a star Indian performer.
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Performance review: The Cadela Força Trilogy – Chapter 1, RISING Festival, Malthouse
A graphic and disturbing look at violence against women.
![A silhouette of a figure in black on a stage holding a guitar. Behind them there is an orange haze.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Yves_Tumor-10_Andrew-Faram1.jpg?w=310)
Music review: Yves Tumor, RISING Festival, The Forum
An enigmatic performer-singer, Yves Tumor wowed the audience with experimental sonic expression.
![A robot uses its mechanical fingers to play the keyboard.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/possessed-photography-U3sOwViXhkY-unsplash.jpg?w=310)
AI doesn’t mean human-made music is doomed. Here’s why
Human music-making isn’t going anywhere, argues the University of Melbourne's Alexander Crooke.
![Man and woman sitting on ground back to back looking at their phones. Arts news.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/pexels-cottonbro-studio-6636906.jpg?w=310)
This week's arts news and trending topics
We break it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.
![Three women in colourful printed clothes stand in front of assorted wire baskets that are also lit up.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GurrEraOp_ImageCredit_PrudenceUpton_1261.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Gurr Era Op, RISING Festival, Arts House
Torres Strait Islander women confront the devastation of climate change and battle the rising tide.
![A woman is kneeling in the middle of a stage, with her head back. Plumes of fire are coming out of her mouth](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Clara-Fable-by-Damien-Bredburg-01331.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Limbo – The Return, The Grand Electric
Strut & Fret hits the mark with this bacchanalian mix of cabaret, circus and acrobatics.Â