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- Carol Middleton
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is a finely crafted, highly polished gem that tells one of the most uplifting stories to come out of the high-octane musical era, the 1960s, and pays tribute to the woman who created a lasting legacy with her compositions.
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- Doug Knight
The depth and nature of the obstacles Osamah must overcome to deal respectfully with unexpected loss is indeed amplified knowing we are watching the man himself retrace his own steps in dramatic form.
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- Doug Knight
Massively thought provoking and enjoyable, The Children powerfully couples eco morality with a painful study of physical decline.
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- Stephanie Johnson
The stage adaptation by Tom Wright has adroitly captured the complex nature of this story, one full of contrasts – a fun picnic turned tragedy, English rules and regulations as opposed to the lawlessness of Australian bush and the diminutive schools girls gazing up at a towering rock.
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- Doug Knight
Dolly and a group of her very talented friends joined forces and hands on Saturday and delivered an incredibly enjoyable evening of razor sharp asides, astute observations and a thunderstorm of glitteringly camp costumes.
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- Doug Knight
Like a series of extraordinary auditions, this show is a performers gift because no one is without an opportunity to deliver. In a lesser production this could clearly be perilous for some but with performers of this calibre, the audience really is the winner.
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- Simon Piening
On paper, Priscilla has all the ingredients for a fun night out, but in practice she is beginning to show signs of her age.
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- Doug Knight
Tightly clad and tightly choreographed, Riot, created and directed by Jennifer Jennings & Phillip McMahon, delivers 90 minutes of joyously indulgent irreverence underpinned by calls to think beyond our current servings of politics, religion and social media.
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