Peter Hackney

Peter Hackney is an Australian-Montenegrin writer and editor who lives in inner Sydney on the traditional lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. He is a lover of the arts in all its forms, with a particular passion for Australian theatre. A keen ‘Indonesianist’ who's fluent in Bahasa Indonesia, Peter is a frequent traveller to our northern neighbour. https://muckrack.com/peterhackney

Peter Hackney's Latest Articles

Ten figures are sitting cross-legged in formation with their hands raised above their heads. They are wearing light, floaty trousers. The men are bare-chested. The women are wearing brown-coloured bras.
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Dance review: Horizon, Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House

Bangarra Dance Theatre’s darkly beautiful new production draws upon the ancient roots of both Australian and New Zealand First Nations…

Peter Hackney

Jun 19, 2024
Death in the Pantheon. On a dark stage two actors are bathed in green light. One can only be seen from the neck down and is holding an ornate drinking contraption, with a red glass case, the other is bending below it to drink.
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Theatre review: Death in the Pantheon, Flight Path Theatre

The latest production from Sydney’s Upper Crass Theatre Company is somewhat flawed – but not without its charms. 

Peter Hackney

Jun 18, 2024
A woman is kneeling in the middle of a stage, with her head back. Plumes of fire are coming out of her mouth
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Performance review: Limbo – The Return, The Grand Electric

Strut & Fret hits the mark with this bacchanalian mix of cabaret, circus and acrobatics. 

Peter Hackney

Jun 13, 2024
Right side profile of teenage girl who's reading a script. She's facing a camera. A projected image of a man and a woman is presented on a screen above on the left hand side.
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Performance review: POV, Belvoir St Theatre

Two child actors and 36 unrehearsed adult actors participate in an engrossing mash-up of stage and screen techniques. 

Peter Hackney

Jun 12, 2024
Ink by New Theatre. Six people are lined up on a dark stage holding identical copies of The Sun newspaper in front of themselves, obscuring their faces.
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Theatre review: Ink, New Theatre

New Theatre makes a good fist of James Graham’s play about Rupert Murdoch’s first forays into Fleet Street. 

Peter Hackney

Jun 3, 2024
Ulster American. Three actors on a stage set of a loft type apartment. A woman in a short sleeved lilac jumper sits downstage. Behind her centre stage is a bearded man all in black with a baseball cap backwards and an Oscar in his outstretched hand; he is shouting. A third balding man with glasses stands on the right behind a tan leather couch clasping his hands and watching the man in the centre.
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Theatre review: Ulster American, Ensemble Theatre

Feminism, #MeToo, toxic masculinity, the Northern Irish ‘Troubles’ and the theatre itself are dissected in this provocative work.

Peter Hackney

May 20, 2024
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