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Written by lloyd bradford (brad) syke
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Tuesday, 08 January 2013 15:45 |
It might be said Green and colleagues, indeed, transform the performance of music, old and new, into high art.
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Written by lloyd bradford (brad) syke
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Tuesday, 18 December 2012 06:51 |
Queenie may be a distinguished and distinctive cabaret and musical theatre performer, but her alter ego, Jan, must surely be Australia's, if not the world's, premier music therapist.
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Written by lloyd bradford (brad) syke
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Thursday, 13 December 2012 12:56 |
Yasmin Levy is a passionate woman. But not in an overt way. If passion can be understated, hers is. She isn't bursting an appendix, a la Joplin, to get her music, or her meaning, across. Hers is a meticulously measured delivery.
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Written by Nicholas Routley
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Saturday, 08 December 2012 12:13 |
The production of Rameau's Castor and Pollux marks a new phase in Pinchgut's development, acknowledging that staging and spectacle are also an important part of opera of any age.
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Written by Ashley Walker
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Monday, 07 January 2013 12:57 |
The show is genuinely laugh out loud funny in parts. The humour is quirky and the execution of Woodley and Yates is wonderful.
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Written by lloyd bradford (brad) syke
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Saturday, 15 December 2012 09:31 |
Yes, it's got a motive. And a premise. A heart. A conscience. An unbifurcated soul. But the outcome is so busy and buzzing with words and doublespeak it becomes virtually unintelligible gibberish, a kissing cousin of the very poppycock it's heat-seeking to torpedo.
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Written by lloyd bradford (brad) syke
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Wednesday, 12 December 2012 20:53 |
By interval, it was raining steadily. Eery. A Steady Rain, currently playing at Tap Gallery Theatre (which, at this time of year especially, is akin to an airless hell), is presented by Cathode Ray Tube in its Australian premiere.
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Written by Jodi McAlister
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Thursday, 06 December 2012 09:55 |
Mariage Blanc is a difficult play. It is interesting, intellectually engaging and definitely entertaining.
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