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The best and worst theatre in 2025
Melbourne-based theatre critic Kate Mulqueen rounds up her best and worst shows of 2025.
Soul of Possum review: a First Nations perspective on first contact
With Soul of Possum, playwright Brodie Murray balances a coming of age story against a moment of first contact –…
Analog Art Club boosts wellbeing through real-world connection
Ditch the doomscrolling and embrace people and art in a meaningful way with Analog Art Club.
Goodbye Aunty Flo review: sisterly sass and menopause
Goodbye Aunty Flo is a heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny play about learning to accept change.
The Dingo’s Noctuary: Judith Nangala Crispin's ArtsHub interview
Judith Nangala Crispin's latest book contains life, death and everything in between. She talks to ArtsHub.
Meow Meow’s Red Shoes review: a cabaret masterclass
You’re never quite sure where Meow Meow's cabaret caper is going, but it's so good you don’t care.
‘You can't unread a smile’: Nell opens joyful 30-year survey Face Everything
Nell talks to ArtsHub about simplicity, spirituality and the difficult task of choosing work for her major survey at Heide…
The Lucky Country review: 'absolutely, vitally funny'
A genre-hopping musical comedy, The Lucky Country tackles the question of national identity with real heart and humour.
THE BLOK! review: it's big, bawdy and bananas – bravo!
Art can save the world, the universe or neither in THE BLOK!, starring Carly Sheppard and Alexis West.
Threadbare review: a queer family drama at Melbourne's St Martins Youth Arts Centre
In threadbare, Tomas Parrish-Chynoweth explores the challenges and joys of families chosen and given.