Performing Arts
![A woman wearing a fancy ruffly red dress and tiny matching hat is standing in front of a pop art sign that says 'Popera.' She has one arm stretched out.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/4H4A06151.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Popera: Sex, Death & Politics, The Butterfly Club
Uma Dobia plays a feminist icon in 'Popera', ready to stamp out opera’s entrenched sexism in sparkly knee-high boots.
![MSO. Dan Sultan. A man is seated at a piano on the left. He's singing. In the background are an orchestra of strings. A conductor is on the right.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/MSO-0171.jpg?w=310)
Music review: Dan Sultan x MSO, Hamer Hall
This masterful collaboration demonstrated the immense power of elevating First Nations voices on the orchestral stage.
![A man in shadow is crouched over in the centre of the room. Around him are four people, two standing on chairs. They are throwing bit of paper in the air. The lighting is awash in red and white spotlight. Elegies: A Song Cycle.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/47891-1.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Elegies: A Song Cycle, fortyfivedownstairs
A new production company makes its premiere with a slick and funnier than expected rendition of songs about losing loved…
![Two women argue. The woman on the left has shoulder-length hair and wears a blue and white striped top. The angrier woman on the right has a scarf covering her hair. Behind her stands a man in a red and black flannel short who appears to be trying to calm her down.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/2024-NEW-Sunset-Strip-3756.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Sunset Strip, New Theatre
The New Theatre tackles a play by one of Australia’s hottest theatrical exports.
![A woman is balancing on her arms, with her legs bent back to accommodate a bow and arrow between her foot.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Shannen-Micheala-Foot-Artist1.webp?w=310)
Circus review: Cirque Bon Bon, The Athenaeum
All the circus acts you know and expect, but with a Guinness World Record holding performer thrown in as well.
![Two meerkats - it looks like one is whispering a secret to the other.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Untitled-design.webp?w=310)
This week's arts news and trending topics
In case you missed them, here are this week's top arts news stories.
![An Anglo-Australian man smiles affably at the camera. He has short dark hair, stubble, and wears a white t-shirt. He is standing in front of a light yellow backdrop. Andrew Hamilton.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Media-Use-Only-Andrew-Hamilton-Headshot-e1720583490282.jpg?w=310)
Prison really is a laughing matter for this stand-up comedian
Andrew Hamilton used stand-up comedy to rehabilitate himself after a stint in jail, and hopes to be able to do…
![Three panels. A man is on the left, a woman on the right. The middle section is bare except for a wooden household object. The panels are lit inside but there is darkness surrounding them.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Macbeth-An-Undoing_Johnny-Carr-Bojana-Novakovic_c-Jeff-Busy-21.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Macbeth (An Undoing), Malthouse Theatre
The Scottish play returns with a few modern twists and a (muddled) feminist focus on Lady Macbeth.
![Mount Isa Mines Indigenous Rodeo Championships brings together riders and artists. A First nations man riding on a horse inside rodeo grounds while holding an Aboriginal flag.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/20230509RoadtoRodeo-261-e1720660462849.jpg?w=310)
Rodeo unites First Nations riders and artists
A series of experiences at Kiakati arts and culture precinct have been programmed for the Mount Isa Mines Indigenous Rodeo…
![Two young men wearing blue short-sleeve tops. One is in the centre of the frame with his arms wide apart and his mouth open. The other is standing on the right side looking down at his phone.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Brothers-Wreck_Image-18-Dana-Weeks_RESIZED1.jpg?w=310)
Theatre Review: Brothers Wreck, Subiaco Arts Centre
The ties that bind after a tragic loss are examined in exquisite detail in this WA production of Jada Alberts’…