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- Olympia Bowman-Derrick
Lobby Hero by Kenneth Lonergan is a character-driven dramatic comedy which lets you laugh as its characters struggle with the moral dilemmas of right and wrong.
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- Bron Batten
Construct is an exploration of building, decay and collapse, aspiration and expectation.
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- Rachel Orzech
Unclassifiable, Wunderschön straddles cabaret, theatre, and classical music in its re-imagining of 21 Lieder by nineteenth-century composers Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert.
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- Rachel Orzech
Barely Contained makes you laugh, think, gasp, grab on to the edge of your seat, let out a sigh of relief, and then laugh again.
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- Penelope Broadbent
The primary reason that it is so difficult to follow Poet #7’s characters and plot, is that the audience’s ears are forced to compete with their eyes.
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- Stephanie Glickman
Melbourne identity Rachel Berger is known more for her standup comedy than her theatrical work, but she’s changing that reputation with her solo show Hold the Pickle.
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- Nikki Thomas
Premiering at the Malthouse Theatre, A Commercial Farce takes its swipe at commercial theatre and the joys and perils it contains.
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