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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.
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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.
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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…

A paper cut out of a boy in yellow top and blue pants running away from a green paper cut monster.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

Elvis. Man in black leather playing guitar.
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Performance review: Elvis: A Musical Revolution, Athenaeum Theatre

With two rock and pop musicals opening in Melbourne on the same night, a show about the King manages to…

Tender. A tangle of naked bodies on a steel cube against a black background.
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Performance review: Tender, the Vault, Sydney Fringe Festival

This circus cabaret hybrid explores a disassembling of gender constructs in its fluid meld of bodies.

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Shining a spotlight on South Asian Australian theatre

Why you should care about South Asian Australian theatre companies and their futures.

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