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- Jane Canaway
The Mischief Theatre seems set to break the link between ‘farce’ and ‘descend’; their comedy The Play That Goes Wrong elevates the genre to a new era of cool.
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- Nikki Spunde
Asia TOPA, the Triennial of Performing Arts, has drawn some remarkable artists to Melbourne for its inaugural year, but few with the star power of movie soundtrack composer A.R. Rahman.
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- Diane Stubbings
As visually interesting and occasionally intriguing as John is, it’s a play that long overstays its welcome.
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- Lee Bemrose
My short attention span and lousy time management steer me toward short plays, but this was over two hours (not all that long, I know, but that's how slack I am) of well rounded, absorbing, thought-provoking, very entertaining theatre.
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- Liza Dezfouli
The play is defined by wit, verbal and visual wit, crisp performances and some very funny one-liners. The story is a vehicle for the dialogue to vibrate like an ear drum and arch itself backward into a pretzel, which it does, effectively.
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- Nikki Spunde
Martinez slowly obscures herself from view behind a wall which she builds brick by brick, complete with mortar, on the stage.
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- Lee Bemrose
In 'Tis Pity, however, Miss Meow is part of a much larger cast and as such, her star power has been much diluted. And 'tis a pity.
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