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- Alice Allan
As long as you don’t ask too many questions about how a flute might protect people from the elements, or what good a set of bells could possibly be in finding a girlfriend, you’ll definitely find something to enjoy here.
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- Adrienne Gross
Oceans Boiled Into Sky is not an A to B story, but one from E to T with bits of C thrown in.
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- Alice Allan
Bill of Writes, part of the Made in Canberra season, showcases the work of the ACT Region Playwrights as well as Canberra actors and directors with six short plays.
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- Alice Allan
Led by artistic director and lead violinist Richard Tognetti, the ACO musicians are so attuned to each other that the orchestra functions much like a single instrument.
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- Alice Allan
With Anatomy Titus Fall of Rome: A Shakespeare Commentary, Bell Shakespeare and the Queensland Theatre Company have created what must be their most challenging production to date.
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- Alice Allan
The Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of Thom Pain (based on nothing) deserves to be packed out for the entirety of its two-week Canberra run.
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- Alice Allan
My throat hurts, my cheeks are aching and my sides are knotted in a permanent stitch, but I can’t complain. Laughter-related injuries are part of the territory when you get the chance to see Bill Bailey live.
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- Adrienne Gross
The four melodramas of The Wicked Voice slash at the skin to bleed open wounds for all to see pain and rawness - this is affective theatre.
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