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- Liza Dezfouli
Porn.Cake is yet another play to deal with the not-quite-so-good life but the approach is original and the writing strong and sure.
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- Simonne Michelle-Wells
The Laudanum Project, a trio of gentlemen determined to bring some macabre true stories to light, have dug up an extraordinarily bloody tale of possessed children, rivers of blood, and rotting corpses with this latest show.
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- Liza Dezfouli
The result is a show of vivid beauty, almost surreal at times, an extensive, thoughtful journey through vulnerability and physicality, strength and alienation … Beautifully Imperfect is about many things you don’t expect to see in circus.
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- Liza Dezfouli
In The Next Room bills itself as a comedy and it is at its best when playing for laughs; the wit is elegant and here we have a writer who knows exactly how (if not always when) to keep out of the way of her story.
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- Liza Dezfouli
An unforgettable, rambunctious, theatrical event is this Malthouse/Sydney Theatre Company co-production of Bertolt Brecht’s Baal.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Enormously enjoyable and clever, it delivers a satisfyingly strong structure, an original and well-developed storyline and impeccable performances including some impressive a Capella singing.
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- Liza Dezfouli
An unforgettable work dealing with the forbidden in the collective human psyche, BalletLab's Amplification is truly affecting; disturbing and beautiful at once.
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