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- Trevar Alan Chilver
Love Me Tender explores a grab-bag of vaguely-related themes through a series of stories told sometimes in dramatic dialogue, and other times in literary monologue.
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- Carol Middleton
Slightly clichéd in its Sliding Doors postmodern structure and its theme of multiple universes and alternate realities, the two-hander throws together an unlikely pair.
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- Heather Bloom
Price is a gifted singer, honest actress and stunning storyteller. She can bring the house down with her powerful vocals and cracking good humour.
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- Chris Michelle-Wells
Nothing beats a home town crowd, it seems. The devoted and faithful gathered at the Palais mid-week to witness the return to Melbourne of Dead Can Dance
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- Heather Bloom
Hair is an absolute classic piece of musical theatre and has been brought to life by Stage Art with truth, integrity and joy.
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- Vito Mattarelli
Emerging from the same stable of family musicals that gave birth to Mary Poppins, the stage version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has finally reached our shores.
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