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Theatre review: The Heart Whispers and Whirls, Shirley Burke Theatre
A multidisciplinary ensemble of international women sharing their heritage through poetry, folk songs, dance and shadow puppetry.
![Two men are holding up paper puppets that are dressed in the same clothing as they are. Hare Brain.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/hare-e1721088119345.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Hare Brain, Claremont Show Grounds, Perth
Inanimate objects came to life in this rendition of the hare and the tortoise tale.
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Theatre review: Little Blue Dot, Monash University
What do a team of astrophysicists have to do with making children’s theatre?
![A natural rock formation in the rough shape of a window looks out over a river and surrounding Nanda Country. Two children wearing Akubra hats sit in the window, their backs to the camera.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/nick-dunn-ObqXTSx3cVk-unsplash.jpg?w=310)
APAM heading to WA
The Australian Performing Arts Market will be hosted in Western Australia by PAC Australia in 2026, 2028 and 2030.
![A black and white photograph of a well-presented, older white man standing in a doorway, with his left hand on his hip and hie right hand and upper arm braced against the doorframe. Many bookshelves are visible in the background behind them. Frank Van Straten.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Frank-Van-Straten--e1713935127790.jpg?w=310)
Vale Frank van Straten AM
The renowned theatre historian, archivist, author and performing arts devotee has died, aged 87.
![A person in an orange top manipulates two puppets - an old woman in a wicker chair and a young boy with a yellow jumper and orange hair. Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/spare.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, Claremont Showground
A puppetry show that lovingly explores an intergenerational bond.
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Opera review: The Nightingale and Other Fables, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide Festival
A stunningly inventive operatic reimagining makes its Australian debut in Adelaide.Â
![The Jungle Book Reimagined. Image is a group of actors on a stage with a backdrop lit blue. They are stretching and crouching, playing jungle animals.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/HERO.Akram-Khan_s-Jungle-Book-reimagined-G4A5337-©Ambra-Vernuccio.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Jungle Book reimagined, Perth Festival
A dystopian-tinged dance interpretation of Kipling's classic work.
![Pillow Fight. Against a black backdrop man and woman sit on a bunk bed surrounded by toys and puppets. Beside the bunk are boxes with labels like ’stuff’, ‘junk’, ‘Shane’s cool stuff’ and ‘Nadia’s baby stuff’.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Rebecca-Mansell-2.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Pillow Fight, Claremont Showground, Perth
A puppet show about sibling love and rivalry covers a vast terrain of adventures.
![Il Tabarro. Four opera singers dressed in period nautical gear sing from the prow of a ship.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/JacquieManning-22-3.jpg?w=310)
Opera review: Il Tabarro, Sydney Festival
Ambitiously staged aboard a lightship, this production struggled to stay afloat.