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- Jane Canaway
It’s far from a pub singalong but the bonding of saucy songs and alcohol in the St Kilda cabaret Mother’s Ruin is strong.
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- Heather Bloom
It was always going to be an emotional evening of theatre when presenting a production so closely connected with an Australian icon.
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- Heather Bloom
The heavily skewed tale of the down on his luck vagrant, hunted by law along with his rag tag group of brothers and friends is a lighthearted look at the life of the Aussie icon.
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- Eleanor Howlett
Anyone heading along to see the MTC/QTC co-production of Noises Off and expecting anything else other than just a fun, lighter night out at the theatre might be at a loss with this one.
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- Catherine Della Bosca
In a world premiere at the Fart Centre Melbourne this week, the phenomenally successful kidult comedy duo, The Listies, adapted their giggle-inducing, extremely awesome, disgustingly clever, word-smashing dictionary, Ickypedia, to the stage.
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- Annika Priest
Disney on Ice has upped the whizz-bangery for this production – rather than snippets taken from the beloved empire, we have a full recreation of the most successful animated movie ever made.
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- Catherine Della Bosca
Like a deliciously addictive treat, cabaret performer, Michael Griffiths, leaves you wanting more and more. Successfully combining cabaret with storytelling, this Helpmann Award Winner, sits at a piano and appears to oh so effortlessly, play and sing and raconteur.
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