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- Liza Dezfouli
Too Ready Mirror is a sound attempt to look at why women do the things we do, how we sort out who we are while playing to our small strengths, especially in relation to men and the whole damn world.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Pike St comprises a lot of small tender stories set in one big story, all happening on stage at once through a kind of physical theatrical mediumship, almost magical except it isn’t: it’s the skill of Nilaja Sun, the darling of one woman performance.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Patricia Cornelius and director Susie Dee, collaborators in theatre for over 30 years, team up for another production – Big Heart.
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- Patrick Barton
Technically speaking, this is not a complex play. However, so crisp and affective is the simplicity of the piece, that anything more would be needlessly complicated.
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- Heather Bloom
The minimalist setting and strength of the script combined with the talent of the actor’s keeps the audience on the edge of their seats without ever pushing for thrills.
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- Simon Piening
In 1992, The Bodyguard was the second-highest grossing film of the year, behind Disney’s smash hit animated feature, Aladdin. Twenty-five years later, both films have been turned into stage productions and both of those, by sheer coincidence, are currently playing in Melbourne.
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- Catherine Della Bosca
Jacob Rajan delivers an utterly sublime performance, portraying all seventeen characters in the Guru of Chai – an award winning and original work from decorated New Zealand theatre company, Indian Ink.
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