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![A man in a white shirt, black pants and tie is standing in front of an office set. He's got on hand on his hip and another pointing at the viewer.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/The-Gospel-According-to-Paul_Sydney-Opera-House_credit_Daniel-Boud_048.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: The Gospel According to Paul, Sydney Opera House
Jonathan Biggins returns for another season in office as our former Prime Minister.
![A blonde woman in a strapless evening gown is standing next to a bathtub, which is on a raised platform.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Virginia-Gay-hosting-The-2024-Vareity-Gala-Photo-by-Claudio-Raschella-2-e1718074518546.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: The 2024 Variety Gala, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Festival Theatre
A charcuterie plate of cabaret excellence!
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Theatre review: Blackout Songs, Red Stitch Actors' Theatre
A two-handler about alcoholism and memory.
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Performance review: Romeo & Juliet Suite, Sydney Opera House
Depending on which night you attend, the roles of Rome and Juliet will be played by three separate couples.
![RISING. Against a burning sun going down two figures that look like prehistoric monsters or dinosaurs face off. But are they just performers in flowing costumes?](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Anito_Arts-House_photo-Sarah-Walker-727411.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: ANITO, RISING Festival, Arts House
Costume, puppetry, drag, dance and experimental electronic music combine to interrogate colonial wrongs.
![Never Closer. Four student looking types lounge around a shared house set at Christmas time. One woman brandishes a bottle towards a man and a woman sitting at a table. A fourth man leans to the side wearing a Santa hat.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/BELVOIR_NeverCloser_PhotoBrettBoardman_003198_Adam-Sollis-Ariadne-Sgouros-Raj-Labade-Emma-Diaz1.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Never Closer, Belvoir St Theatre
Set against the backdrop of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, this debut play returns for another successful run.
![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.
![Ghosts. A young woman in a white dress stands on stage in a dark and gloomy house set with a blue/purple light behind where through the window. There is a lonely chair and piles of books near her.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Ghosts-Production-Image-11.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Ghosts, Theatre Works
A new iteration of Ibsen's work retains the core, but moves the action from Norway to the Australian outback.
![RISING: A group of three First Peoples and a Caucasian man performing in a rock band with an arch of stage lights behind them. Two are playing guitars, the lead singer is standing on a packing case and one is waving drum sticks.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/BNNB-Rising-Low-Res-38-e1717390017165.jpg?w=310)
Performance reviews: RISING Festival, first weekend
RISING Festival is now off and running. Here is ArtsHub's round-up of the performing arts offerings on the first weekend.
![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.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/2024-NEW-Ink-14031.jpg?w=310)
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.Â