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- Heather Bloom
Notes From the Hard Road and Beyond was a spectacular close to the 2011 Melbourne Festival, and an honest look at the strength of human nature.
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- Jan Chandler
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- Nikki Spunde
Choreographer Jeck Kurniawan Siompo Pui, better known by the catchy handle of Jecko Siompo, is pretty hot stuff in Indonesia and getting hotter on the world stage too.
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- Jane Canaway
Based (of course) on the 1982 movie, this piece of musical theatre never made any pretentions about being anything more than a feel-good hour or two of fun, full of colour, dance, song – and lots of thrusting hips.
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- Jane Canaway
Disappointed at the loveless media backlash that followed Whiteley’s passing, Dickins penned the original text for Whiteley’s Incredible Blue as a tribute to the man who was Australia’s first artist superstar.
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- Jane Canaway
Apart from a few missed notes on the piano and landings that failed to stick possibly the result of first-night nerves – the performance is hard to fault and it sets a new standard for storytelling.
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- Nikki Spunde
The stage is stark, simply chairs and spots of light. The audience seem a little tense. We are about to see a show about Iraq. The power of that name is enough; I don’t need to tell you what kind of heavy themes might lie in wait.
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