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- Simonne Michelle-Wells
Viewing Strangeland is all about surrendering to the experience and absorbing the carefully crafted atmosphere, rather than searching for narrative or connection to character.
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- Bron Batten
Spectacular is two death scenes placed side by side, both literal and metaphorical representations and both drawn out and meandering, filled with heavy breathing and a very dry sense of humour.
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- Penelope Broadbent
Knives in Hens is full of metaphors and ambiguity, a work that for its audience, resonates in such a way that experience is a must and articulation near impossible.
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- Rachel Orzech
Violinist Natsuko Yoshimoto was the star of the show on Friday night at the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Jean Sibelius’s Violin Concerto.
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- Stephanie Glickman
Part jazz, part oompah-pah Polka and sometimes haunting falsetto, with dead pan theatrics along the way, the material is undeniably dark and grotesque, populated by freak show characters and misbehaving maniacs.
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- Penelope Broadbent
Melbourne audiences have just had the rare opportunity to witness twelve soloists and principals artists from some of the most highly acclaimed ballet companies.
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