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- Stephanie Johnson
Jodee Mundy’s Imagined Touch is a cutting edge piece of theatre that transports its audience beyond the comfort of the theatre seat into the world of the deaf and blind.
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- Liza Dezfouli
More than anything You Got Older is a celebration of sibling love, of simple family bonds and the peculiar dynamics, patterns and habits one shares with a very select group of people.
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- Diane Stubbings
Wit is a moving play. It celebrates intellectual passion and delights in the power of words, while not shying away from the physical trauma of cancer.
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- Jane Canaway
The key to We Will Rock You’s success is the music, colour, movement, music, a few witty lines, excellent vocals, music, fun characters, songs, great cast – and did we mention the music?
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- Lee Bemrose
It's masculine, it's tricky, there is showmanship, there is strength and finesse... you've seen the head spins and the arm spins and the angular weirdness before, but not on this level. It's break-dancing, Jim, but not as we know it.
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- Liza Dezfouli
The play answers that perennial question about fascism and totalitarianism –‘how could it happen?’
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- Jane Canaway
If Eddie Perfect's play The Beast was showing at Melbourne's Comedy Theatre for more than two weeks, I suspect it might attract the sort of cult following that sees fans bring water pistols and rice along to The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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