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Performers from Chilean theatre company Silencio Blanco at the conclusion of Antuco at the 2026 Theater Der Welt festival in Germany, 2026. Photo: Johannes Richter / Theater Der Welt.
Interviews

Theatre of the World interview: the Chilean artists tapping into puppetry's power

Chilean theatre company Silencio Blanco uses puppetry to create powerful, documentary-style theatre works that are now touring the world.

Nkoli: A Fierce & Fabulous Life. Photo: Mark Lewis.
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Theatre of the World review: South Africa's Nkoli is fierce and fabulous opera

In the opera Nkoli, a majority Black South African cast bring the energy to a story of activism and defiance.

Photo: Melanie van Leeuwen / Unsplash.
Features

Australian musicians hate AI using their songs, but have little legal protection

When it comes to AI, musicians are likely to find it much harder than authors to prove when a copyright…

CircusWA's Eclipse. Photo: Tashi Hall.
Interviews

CircusWA's young artists tackle the Anthropocene, and visa issues, in Eclipse

CircusWA talks to ArtsHub about its latest production, Eclipse, and the heartbreak around its missing artist.

Suzy Eddie Izzard's one-woman show of Hamlet is currently touring Australia. Image: Supplied.
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Eddie Izzard’s Hamlet review: what a piece of work!

Suzy Eddie Izzard says it’s a particularly audacious time for a trans woman to be touring a one-person production of…

Hair. Photo: Daniel Boud / Ben Fon.
Features

Sydney theatre guide: 5 best shows to see in July 2026

Sydney’s stages don’t slow down for the cold. Here are five productions worth braving the chill for this July.

Madeleine Sami and Genevieve Morris in Losing Face. Photo: Pia Johnson.
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Losing Face review: sloppy, shallow and unfunny

Marieke Hardy’s Losing Face, now playing at MTC, is a soggy satire has no clue what its trying to say…

Spare Parts Puppet Theatre's Rules of Summer. Photo: Jessica Wyld.
Features

Perth theatre guide: 5 best shows to see in July 2026

Perth theatres are buzzing this July.

Suzy Eddie Izzard's one-woman show of Hamlet is currently touring Australia. Image: Supplied.
Features

Melbourne theatre guide: 5 best shows to see in July 2026

Melbourne theatregoers are spoiled for choice this July.

Eva Di Cesare, an older woman with dark, greying, shoulder length hair, surrounded by performers and characters from Monkey Baa's many productions. Eva wears a green shirt and black pants, and sits with her legs crossed. The people around her wear black 'Monkey Baa' t-shirts and hold an array of puppets including an emu, a wombat and a blue sheep.
Interviews

Monkey Baa: Eva Di Cesare to step down at the end of 2027

Monkey Baa Theatre co-founder and Artistic Director Eva Di Cesare reflects on her 29-year tenure to date.

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