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- Nic Velissaris
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- Penelope Broadbent
Marion Potts’ first production as Artistic Director has understandably caused quite a bit of interest and perhaps an unfair amount of expectation.
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- Penelope Broadbent
The works of playwright Martin McDonagh are known for their humour but also their disturbing and often violent themes.
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- Penelope Broadbent
Making this play so unique is the type of tug-o-war that surrounds it. It exists within the play, physically and emotionally between the two characters, but is also created by the play itself.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Bracka is a comic genius in the same league as Chris Lilley, Sean Micallef and John Safran.
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- Kim Pinker
Who could possibly save the failing Golden Apple Ballroom Dancing Studio and its fearless femme leader Helen from ruin?
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- Simonne Michelle-Wells
Candy Royalle is a dreadlocked, rapping, crooning poet with a remarkable gift for stringing words together and giving them a dark, twisted edge.
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