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- Heather Bloom
Far from the wholesome image they produced, Flowerchildren tells the darker side to The Mamas and the Papas story.
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- Heather Bloom
Playing homage to great screen actors the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Barbara Stanwyck, Two Femmes and a Fatale is a fabulous romp through the most glamorous of eras.
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- Nikki Spunde
Inner north indie theatre company Eagle’s Nest has been doing versions of Macbeth every year for four years now. The latest incarnation, playing on the old thespian superstition that the name of the play is cursed, is coyly titled m.
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- Suzie Hardgrave
A debut theatrical work from Kerry Tucker, Revlon and Razor Wire certainly has heart. But like a diamond in the rough, it needs de-sanding, refining and polishing, from cathartic experience to a theatrical work.
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- Heather Bloom
The Melbourne Theatre Company’s latest production from acclaimed writer Annie Baker is an all too brief glimpse into the pain, the pleasure, the hope and the despair of what it is to be alive.
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- Heather Bloom
This is art personified, an experience through all the realms of emotion, and an epic display of talent.
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- mohammed hashem
The language was pleasant and resonated across the levels of the room, but the extended meaning seemed to have been placed elsewhere.
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- Heather Bloom
Playing his only gig in Melbourne, Maestro was a connoisseur of the turntable and it didn’t take long to get the kids dancing to the sexy and smooth beats of old-time jazz with a very contemporary edge.
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