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- Nikki Thomas
In April 1986, Irish author Brian Keenan was taken hostage in Lebanon. Abducted on his way to work at the American University of Beirut, he was kept captive for four and a half years
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- Danu Poyner
To be pure or to profit? It's an age-old theme that Speed-the-Plow tackles in David Mamet's trademark style - sharp, gritty and no holds barred.
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- Rachel Orzech
From the second row in the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall at the new Melbourne Recital Centre, the acoustics are so clear and distinct that one can almost hear the performers thinking, and one can most certainly hear them breathing.
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It's basically impossible not to enjoy a performance by a symphony orchestra, no matter what they're playing. The rich, stirring sounds wash over you and never fail to warm the soul.
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West Gate | Melbourne Theatre Company
At 11.50am on October 15 1970, 35 men fell to their death as their place of work gave way from under them.
Heathers The Musical
Capturing the essence of its predecessor, Heathers The Musical is an absurdly comic production that doesn’t just walk the line of polite society but plans to blow it all up with reckless abandon.The Glass Menagerie | Melbourne Theatre Company
This Glass Menagerie is top shelf, and while blessed with an extraordinary cast and the highest of production values, it will not meet with everyone’s measure of how this play should be staged.
Swan | Elf Lyons
Quirks of the source – and of the environment that sustains it – are cleanly exposed in a high-energy hour of physical comedy, delivered with moments of avian grace.
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It feels that the show hasn’t quite worked out what point it wants to make.
Suzie Miller’s award-winning one-woman play, Prima Facie returns to Melbourne for a limited season.
The script is based on a true story, although this dramatisation can feel somewhat contrived, with important assertions not interrogated, and credibility stretched as a result.