Kate Mulqueen
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![A crouching crowd all in black wearing gold masks.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/1L3A69891.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Mysterion: Descent Into Hades, Hellenic Museum
An immersive, interactive production where the audience has to undergo quests to unlock the secrets of immortality.
![Two young women are seated and looking at each other, hand in hand. The one on the left is fair, the one of the right is brunette. Behind them is shelving with a collection of glass containers.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/10.-Eve-Morey-as-Olivia-and-Mish-Keating-as-Jenna1.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Recollection, fortyfivedownstairs
How do you capture and preserve the smell of someone once they are gone?
![A woman is standing in front of a red curtain drape. She has dark hair and is dressed in black, with red trim. She is gesticulating, with arms stretched out, dramatically.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/TELOLM-21-06-24-17-3-e1719981760806.jpg?w=310)
Cabaret review: The Exotic Lives of Lola Montez, Chapel Off Chapel
A cabaret tribute to the scandalous 19th century dancer and performer.
![The lighting is blue. On the left a woman dressed up in metallic silver with matching headgear and long sharp nails is looking at a man in a black cloak and a mask on the right.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/M-Copy-of-WHEN-NIGHT-COMES-photo-Jeff-Busby_10431-e1719209369856.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: When Night Comes, The Austral
A multisensory immersive experience that blends theatre and cocktails.
![The Blak Infinite. Image is artwork of cartoon like spaceships with people falling out of them.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Tony-Albert-and-collaborator-ENOKis-BEAM-ME-UP_-The-Art-of-Abduction.-Photo_-Matt-Irwin_3849-e1717480823846.jpg?w=310)
Thinking about aliens – The Blak Infinite envelops Fed Square this RISING
Behind the spaceships and bright lights in this RISING program of free events and installations lies a deeper story.
![Three actors in orange hi-vis clothes with a huge oval backdrop showing clouds, stand behind a mass of complicated poles.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/MBT_Scott-Price-Sarah-Mainwaring-Bron-Batten_c-Jeff-Busby1.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Multiple Bad Things, Merlyn Theatre, Malthouse
Back to Back's latest production presents another layered look at the intersectional experience of people with a disability.
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Theatre review: Homo Pentecostus, Malthouse Theatre
A multifarious exploration of religion, history, culture and sexuality.
![Peacemongers. Against a green backdrop an Asian woman and white man sit at a dinner table laden with food, candles and books. He holds a butternut pumpkin and she holds a wine glass. They are both wearing serviettes tucked into their collars.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/unnamed-11-2-e1715126413314.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Peacemongers, Darebin Arts Speakeasy
An experimental think piece that played with the concept of a perfect world.
![A young white woman in a tartan skirt and music band T shirt is at the back of the stage, which has draped material hanging around it. Closer to the camera with his back to us is a white balding middle aged man sitting in a chair and looking at the girl. The Exact Dimensions of Hell.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/The_Exact_Dimensions_of_Hell_Darren_Gill-0028-e1713916016107.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: The Exact Dimensions of Hell, fortyfivedownstairs
Predatory and sexual violence against a minor is played out through witchcraft tropes.
![A young white man wears a white vest and a red Tudor hat with a long feature. He has his hands steepled in front of his face pensively.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/bliss-e1713503494856.png?w=310)
Comedy review: Adrian Bliss: Inside Everyone, Malthouse Theatre, MICF 2024
A TikTok sensation makes it to the stage, with hilarious results.