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- Carol Middleton
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- Dr Daniela Kaleva
The Opera Australia performance of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Dmitry Shostakovich is a feast for the ears and fertile ground for the deepest philosophical reflections.
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- Simonne Michelle-Wells
Café Rebetika is a drama, and a drama in the truest sense of the word: it is a comedy and a tragedy both, and it’s extremely good.
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- Rachel Orzech
The Greek myth of Icarus and his ill-fated escape from imprisonment in Crete was never an intentional inspiration for Australian composer Andrew Ford.
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- Rachel Orzech
Controlled falling may sound like a contradiction in terms, but the members of contemporary circus company ThisSideUp Acrobatics proved otherwise.
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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.
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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.