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- Bron Batten
Frank Thring is a celebrity icon of a lost era, belonging to a time when movie stars were shimmering beacons of class and decadence and mass media figures were famous for more than just being evicted from a televised sharehouse.
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- Stephanie Glickman
Vamp is no simple cabaret piece, rather a dense theatrical experience intertwining original vocals, aerial work, monologue and bizarre 1920’s inspired costume.
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- Olympia Bowman-Derrick
The Best of the West End presented by MSO Pops was the most fun I, and I think many audience members, have had in a long time
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- Melita Pereira
The Lonesome West tells the story of Valene and Coleman Connor, two boisterously feuding brothers caught in a deadlock over the death of their father, potato crisps and figurines of the Virgin Mary.
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- Vito Mattarelli
Jolene Anderson is very likeable, attractive and has a pleasant though limited singing voice. Commercial casting has given her a challenging opportunity, and she certainly tries hard to meet that challenge.
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- Darryl Emmerson
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- Melita Pereira
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's Three Great Romantics concert opened with the Overture from Carl Maria Von Weber’s romantic opera, Oberon.
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