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![Four figures dressed like cowboys emerge from a yellow-lit haze. A woman kneels in the foreground over a backpack. This is a scene from the 2024 production of NORPA's 'Wildskin'. Photo: Kurt Petersen.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240906-NORPA-Wildskin-2024-Photo-KurtPetersen-DSC07172-copy.jpg?w=310)
From proscenium arch to place-based: reimagining Wildskin
Adapting an existing work for an entirely new setting is not without its challenges, but overcoming such challenges leads to…
![Man sitting on chair being showered by floating paper sheets. Arts news.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/dmitry-ratushny-O33IVNPb0RI-unsplash.jpg?w=310)
This week's arts news and trending topics
We report it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.
![A young blonde woman in denim jacket (Ashleigh Hermann) is staring across a table at an older man (Daniel Mitchell) in 'Blackbird.'](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Blackbird-31.jpeg?w=310)
Theatre review: Blackbird, Wentworth Falls School of Arts
Exploring the devastating power of trauma and guilt, director Paulina Kelly’s production of ‘Blackbird’ was uncomfortable, shocking – and brilliant.Â
![Pamela Rabe, will co-conceive and direct a new production of Beckett's 'Happy Days' with Nick Schlieper. A woman with black hair streaked with white is covered with bits of rubbish, cast offs of material and other detritus.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/06_Happy-Days_Pamela-Rabe_Rene-Vaile.jpg?w=310)
Kip Williams signs off as Artistic Director with STC 2025 season announcement
The STC's 2025 season features some Australian classics, returning and interstate hits, plus some intriguing debuts.
![A kitchen scene. Two women are on the left at a table, one seated, another perched on the table. A man is on the right, riding a tiny child's tricycle. The Children.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Caroline-Brazier-Nicola-Bartlett-Humphrey-Bower.-Image-Philip-Gostelow1.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: The Children, Heath Ledger Theatre, WA
Environmental disaster and the rocky affairs of the heart are braided in this production.
![Two woman are enshrouded in darkness. The one on the left, who has short dark hair, is holding a lamp. The other one has long white hair. The Turn of the Screw by Hayes Theatre.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Julie-Lea-Goodwin-Catherine-Bouchierin-Turn-of-the-Screw-PHOTO-Grant-Leslie-e1725413415883.jpg?w=310)
Opera review: The Turn of the Screw, Hayes Theatre
Director Craig Baldwin and the Hayes Theatre Co breathe new life into a Benjamin Britten classic.
![Anna Yen plays Mrs Chen in ‘AI May’, an elderly migrant mother grappling with grief in an increasingly lonely society. An elderly Asian woman wearing a sage coloured hoodie is holding a burning incense in her hands, she appears to be praying with her eyes closed.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Mother-and-Incense-e1724818190279.jpeg?w=310)
A diasporic theatrical take on AI, with an Asian immigrant mother in futuristic Brisbane
In a new bilingual theatre production, an immigrant mother seeks solace in a humanoid following the death of her daughter.
![A woman prepares for an acting school audition.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/filming-4371566_1280.jpg?w=310)
Are auditions for acting schools fair?
Auditions at acting schools have become a mini industry. But many are concerned about the practice's economics and accessibility.
![A render of Laak Boorndap, the new urban garden being built as part of the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Laak-Boorndap_garden-being-built-in-Melbourne-Arts-Precinct_Melbourne-Arts-Precinct-Transformation_Render-8_Supplied-by-MAP-Co-web.jpg?w=310)
New urban garden, Laak Boorndap, revealed for Melbourne Arts Precinct
Situated on an elevated deck, the 18,000 square metres of parkland will provide a quick, accessible and safe connection from…
![A carefully staged and rather camp photograph of two men dressed in white and lounging on a white couch. A statue of a golden lion sits beside one of the men, who are the stars of Sydney Festival's 'Siegfried & Roy: The Unauthorised Opera'.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/SF_Siegfried__Roy_Hero-Image-by-@-Jacqui-Manning.jpg?w=310)
What happens in Vegas comes to Sydney Festival: Siegfried & Roy opera set for world premiere
A new chamber opera about Las Vegas magicians Siegfried and Roy has been announced as the centrepiece production of the…