Melbourne Reviews
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- Danielle
Barnum The Circus Musical has been expertly re-imagined from the classic 1980’s musical hit for a new audience.
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- Hayden Burke
Maude Davey, Weave Movement Theatre, Pimpisa Tinpalit, Yumi Umiumare and Takashi Takiguchi team up and take you down the rabbit hole of this dance form.
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- Doug Knight
Sobering and confronting but simultaneously life affirming and joyful, this is gentle but by no means easy or passive theatre.
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- Hayden Burke
In this world when somebody wants something from someone, it's all about how much they truly want it.
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- Heather Bloom
What do you do when you’ve performed everything? Why you conquer Troy of course!
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- Jane Canaway
Australia has such a peculiar obsession with the daggy European song contest that it’s ripe for a parody, and in Eurowision the writers have hit the perfect sweet spot between an affection emulation and farce.
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- Jane Canaway
If you’re a fan of a particular muso or comic, you’ve probably wondered what they’re like at home or with their mates. Tripod and DAAS fans now have that option. At least occasionally.
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- Jane Canaway
This should have happened years ago and if the programmers at Network 10 have any foresight, they’ll be on the phone to her any day now.
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