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- Danu Poyner
I defy anyone not to enjoy a classical concert where the orchestra plays action movie soundtracks and the conductor wears superhero costumes.
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- Stephanie Glickman
It’s Christmas in June with Graeme Murphy’s much loved Nutcracker - The Story of Clara back on stage.
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- Rachel Orzech
Performing new and experimental music, particularly in an ensemble that is traditionally associated with Western ‘high art’ and classical music, is a risky business.
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- Melita Pereira
Red Sky Morning is an emotionally charged production about the despair that simmers beneath the surface of silenced domestic life.
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- Simonne Michelle-Wells
Martin Short bounds onstage with all the exuberance of an over-caffeinated Gen-Y who’s momentarily forgotten that it’s not cool to bound enthusiastically (or, indeed, to bound at all).
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- Penelope Broadbent
Tracy Letts’s August: Osage County has it all: adultery, cancer, suicide, incest, drugs, plate throwing and mystery.
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