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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…
![The cast of Trent Dalton's Love Stories is preparing for their Brisbane Festival debut.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/FG_mJgQQ-e1724718269669.jpeg?w=310)
Trent Dalton's Love Stories – stage adaptation premieres at Brisbane Festival
After the immense success of 'Boy Swallows Universe', Dalton returns to the Brisbane stage with a new theatrical adaptation.
![Tay Lawler, a balding, older Anglo-Australian man wearing a white shirt and tie, stands in front of a theatre advertising the 1977 revival of 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'. He is holding a pink Kewpie Doll, like those featured in the play.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Ray-Lawler-e1722381568607.avif?w=310)
Vale Ray Lawler: the playwright who changed the sound of Australian theatre
Julian Meyrick reflects on the death of playwright Ray Lawler and his landmark play, 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'.
![Australia has many opportunities for playwrights. This photo is of a simple office desk, with a computer, open notepad, and tea cup.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/nick-morrison-FHnnjk1Yj7Y-unsplash-1-e1721101347827.jpg?w=310)
Exciting opportunities for playwrights
Hardly any theatre companies will accept unsolicited scripts. Most playwrights make their way through prizes and programs. We've gathered this…
![Sprung Ensemble member, Sinead Skorka Brennan in ‘O, How I Dreamt of Things Impossible’, 2020. Photo: Kate Holmes. A performer on a darkened stage with a colourful bodysuit. The performer lowered their body, supported by their arms and legs like a spider pose.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Image-1_Sinead_web-e1717566573207.jpeg?w=310)
What does a disability-led audition process look like?
With an ensemble call-out and funding for new work, Sprung Dance Theatre is building upon existing disability-led frameworks to expand…
![Matthew Shepherd. Image is a black and white head and shoulders shot of a young blond man wearing a jumper and standing in a room in front of a window. His head is tilted to the left.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Matthew-Shepard-2-1024x682-1.jpg?w=310)
Hate transmuted into theatrical gold in new staged reading of The Laramie Project
A Sydney reading of the verbatim play about Matthew Shepard’s murder will feature Shepard’s father, Dennis, reading his courtroom statement.
![A young white man dressed as Harry Potter branding a wand, crossing that with a star wand brandished by an other young white man wearing devil's horns.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Production-shot-2.jpeg?w=310)
Hairy Potter – selling a show when the author is persona non grata
While the creator of the Potter-verse may no longer be everyone's favourite multimillionaire, there are still plenty in the sector…
![First Nations woman in red dress standing in gallery space with Torres Strait Island art. Gail Mabo.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gail-Mabo-2024-ArtsHub.jpg?w=310)
In conversation: Gail Mabo on curating and legacy
Dancer cum choreographer cum artist, Gail Mabo turns her hand to curating as a way to share culture.
![Members of the cast from ‘Akaraka’ by Amarachi and produced by Empty Seat Theatre. Photo: Cameron Grant. Two people standing close to each other with their hands on the person seated in front of them, smiling. Two more people are standing at the back and off to the right hand side, their hands are held together looking slightly serious. All members of the cast have dark skin brown skin and black hair, with a red-orange background.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/SecondaryImage1_Akaraka_EmptySeatTheatre_PhotographybyCameronGrant-e1710481190257.jpg?w=310)
'It's an Australian play': how a new CALD theatre company is turning the tables on diversity
‘Akaraka’ and Empty Seat Theatre are built by creatives who hope to lead change by example, one show at a…
![A sunset on a beach, some actor/dancers in the foreground in front of towering curved wooden poles that look like whale bones.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/IMG_2455-rotated.jpg?w=310)
Adelaide Festival midpoint round-up
Adelaide Festival is in full swing. What were the standout elements for a first time visitor mid-festival?