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- Dione Joseph
If you were lucky enough to see Chris Botti live in concert in 2010 at the National theatre then 2011 at the Melbourne Jazz Festival was déjà vu in the best way possible.
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- Carol Middleton
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- Penelope Broadbent
Reg Cribb’s The Haunting of Daniel Gartrell is a play that calls for more than just one viewing or reading. Within its text and Straightjacket Productions’ production of it, there is much to get one’s head around.
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- Dione Joseph
On a wet and wintry night there is something quite wholesome about stories by women, told by women and focusing really on women’s stories.
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- Danu Poyner
Opera Australia's lavish production of The Mikado succeeds in doing justice to the colourful whimsy and pointed fakery of Gilbert & Sullivan's classic.
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- Simonne Michelle-Wells
Stage Fright! does have the bare bones of something good, but it needs a lot more polish.
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- Simonne Michelle-Wells
There is much to like about this Eagle’s Nest production. The pace is excellent and there is a poignant mix of humour and pathos.
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