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- Gordana Andjelic-Davila
This year's Shen Yun production at Melbourne's Arts Centre was magical, mesmerizing and an enlightening experience.
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- Vito Mattarelli
With a sparkling book by Neil Simon, music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, the show is a lively smorgasbord of colour and movement with many catchy tunes that non-musical lovers will recognise.
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- Diane Stubbings
CUT SNAKE is loads of fun. Devised by Dan Giovannoni, Amelia Evans and Paige Rattray, in collaboration with the actors, this tale of time travel, fate and friendship is a light-speed mix of clowning, cabaret and acrobatics. And its energy is irresistible.
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- Liza Dezfouli
I wasn't expecting to enjoy this, despite having had two enthusiastic cast members tell me how good it is. Performers have to be in love with their shows, it comes with the job spec. But Sexercise – The Musical is FANTASTIC.
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- Liza Dezfouli
What Rhymes with Cars and Girls is an homage to an album of the same name by Tim Rogers. Playwright/director Aidan Fennessy wrote the play because he’s been in love with Rogers’s first solo album since it came out in 1999, playing it practically every day, apparently.
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- Gordana Andjelic-Davila
The Lion King last ran at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre from 2005 to 2006. A decade later, Julie Taymor’s breathtakingly beautiful production, still proves that it can enchant the young and the young at heart alike.
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- Jan Chandler
If, like me, you've seen productions of Shakespeare that failed to hit the mark, be they traditional or contemporary, then rest assured this is not one of them.
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