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![the Odd Couple. On a stage set of a New York apartment in the 1960s four white actors stand centre stage. On the left is a man in a brown jacket side on, addressing the others. Next to him is a fastidious man in a blue suit and red tie, holding something covered in a tea towel. Next is a blonde woman with a yellow, pink and white sleeveless dress and finally a woman with short dark hair and a yellow and green sleeveless dress. She is also facing in to the others.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Shane-Jacobson-Todd-McKenney-Lucy-Durack-Penny-McNamee-in-The-Odd-Couple-c-Pia-Johnson.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: The Odd Couple, Comedy Theatre
Decades later, Neil Simon's play still feels sharp and relatable.
![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.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ulster-American-0031.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Ulster American, Ensemble Theatre
Feminism, #MeToo, toxic masculinity, the Northern Irish ‘Troubles’ and the theatre itself are dissected in this provocative work.
![Three white women in their 30s sit on a brown leather couch. On the left is a mousy woman reading a book, on the right a smiley one crocheting a blanket and in the middle a woman in a blue jumper looking troubled and staring at the camera. Share House: The Musical.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/image1.png?w=310)
Musical review: Share House: The Musical, Arts Centre Melbourne
The trials and tribulations of house sharing in your 30s come under the microscope in this sign of the times…
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Theatre review: Homo Pentecostus, Malthouse Theatre
A multifarious exploration of religion, history, culture and sexuality.
![A stage filled with performers dressed as animals and birds with a backdrop and set covered in Aboriginal designs.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Charlie-Kinross-HR-1562-e1715665467589.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Parrwang Lifts the Sky, Malthouse Theatre
Based on an original creation story from Wadawurrung Country, this is a tale of a magpie named Parrwang who saves…
![Switzerland. A theatre set of a writer's study with grey concrete walls, a two seater leather backed couch, a wooden coffee table and downstage a cluttered desk with a middle aged white woman working at a typewriter. Behind her a young white man has come through the door and looks nervous.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/ENSEMBLE_Switzerland_LaurenceBoxhall_ToniScanlan_ImageBrettBoardman_0001561.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Switzerland, Ensemble Theatre
Patricia Highsmith is all the rage at the moment, so it's a good time to stage Joanna Murray-Smith's play about…
![The Roof is Caving In. La Mama Courthouse. Three young women on a stage draped in fabric. In the middle is a woman in white and light blue with her arms around a woman dressed in orange on the left and purple on the right. They are crouching under the middle woman's grasp and hold their belongings in boxes.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/The_Roof_Is_Caving_In_Darren_Gill-00241-1-e1715567989804.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: The Roof is Caving In, La Mama Courthouse
A very topically-themed play about share housing.
![Black Box. A grey-haired man stands on a small square rostrum on a stage wearing suit trousers, a white shirt and tie. Behind him is a narrow strip screen showing a map with a large aeroplane on the right.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Black_Box_DR_10-5-24_00561-e1715562892332.jpg?w=310)
Musical review: Black Box, Cremorne Theatre, QPAC
An important Australian invention, the Black Box is being celebrated on stage in a new musical. Â
![World Problems. Image is a woman in grey standing on a stage in front of the mouth of a tunnel, that looks as if it's lined in slate. There are boulders at her feet and we can see the silhouetted heads of the front row of the audience from behind.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/worldproblems.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: World Problems, Southbank Theatre
A solo show that spans near and far, borne of personal and global events.
![The Grinning Man. A huddle of seven young actors in vaguely Victorian/Edwardian clothing grasp and peer over each other with manically grinning faces.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/13531-1-e1714963206790.jpg?w=310)
Musical review: The Grinning Man, Alex Theatre
A number of miscalculations may make you grimace instead of grin in the Australian premiere of this British musical.