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- Catherine Della Bosca
“In a world built for one” Bambert lives alone in his attic – immersed in a world with characters from his stories.
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- Annika Priest
When a trio of successful and well respected female Melbourne musicians team up for a one off gig to “deconstruct pop music”, it’s hard not to be intrigued, especially when it’s set within the hushed and carved confines of the Elisabeth Murdoch hall.
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- Lee Bemrose
How this came to be a work of dance performance is one of those rare miracles of creativity that you close your eyes and give thanks to the God you don’t believe in.
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- Lee Bemrose
In existence since the early 80’s, MWT declares itself proudly unfunded, relying instead on its supporters, with its lack of government funding freeing it up to do their thing.
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- Liza Dezfouli
A bit of history and a lot of fun from the Pop-up Globe team. Take some kids and introduce them to Shakespeare and the Globe in the most fun way.
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- Annika Priest
It might sound cliched to say this award-winning New York performance artist creates a sense of epic communion, but you’d be hard pushed to find someone in the world who does it better.
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- Heather Bloom
Continuing their exceptional season of productions, StageArt closes 2017 with perhaps their most ambitious project yet. Memphis, a jukebox musical with an upbeat score and a timely message to Australia.
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- Patrick Barton
If one were to summaries this production in a single word, that word might very well be “uncertainty”…
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