Kate Mulqueen
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![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.
![Alex Hines. Putting on a Show. Image is a woman with long dark hair dressed in a long white dress on an old fashioned phone under an ornate arch. There are two smaller versions of the same woman, albeit with a blue bodice to the dress, one on each side of her.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/al.jpg?w=310)
Comedy review: Alex Hines: Putting on a Show, Malthouse Theatre, MICF 2024Â
Stand-up, sketch and musical comedy, this production has it all.
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Comedy review: Mel & Sam: The Platonic Human Centipede, The Toff in Town, MICF 2024
Queer besties' new musical comedy is smart and ridiculous.
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Comedy review: Hannah Camillieri: Lolly Bag, Malthouse Theatre, MICF 2024
Camillieri offers a bag of funny treats.
![Alice and Liam Horror Flick. Image is a photo of a man dressed as Count Dracula grabbing a young smiling woman around the neck, altered to look like an illustration.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/horro-e1712019443151.jpg?w=310)
Comedy review: Alice and Liam Horror Flick, The Butterfly Club, MICF 2024
A variety sketch show that riffed on all things horror.