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- Liza Dezfouli
For this year's Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Jim Black, percussionist extraordinaire, led a quartet from the back of a blue lit stage at the Toff in Town.
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- Liza Dezfouli
It’s a treat to hear jazz backed with a big sound, from an army of saxophones and a giant of a musician on double bass who enjoyed a solo moment.
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- Carol Middleton
George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 has seen a surge in sales in recent years, as people suspect we are heading into an Orwellian future, where oppressive regimes manipulate the truth and undermine humanity and civilisation. Is there anything to learn from going back to Orwell’s 1949 text?
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- Nikki Spunde
Book of Exodus comes to an affecting conclusion and a strong final image, and there is no denying the artistry that has gone into it, but it’s hard to walk out with a clear reaction to the whole thing.
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- Patrick Barton
The carefully finessed skills in the acting and directing of this show is only apparent in one’s visceral response.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Mitchell has confidence, presence and appeal as a performer and the piece flows nicely and is well paced.
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