Melbourne Reviews
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- Jan Chandler
Bright World spans some eighty years of history, bringing together stories from two different continents, Europe and Australia, and two different cultures, Jewish and Aboriginal.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Geraldine Quinn's Spandex Ballet has been hosting Upfront, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s all-female gala night for three years now, and she's always good loud belty fun on this lively night of teasers by some of the strongest female performers at MICF.
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- Jane Canaway
Against a backdrop of headless floating chickens and in front of one of the biggest crowds of the whole Melbourne International Comedy Festival, a dozen raw comics took a five-minute stand for glory.
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- Lee Bemrose
Cirque Adrenaline really does live up to its name. It's a great big shiny production and clearly no expense has been spared.
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- Jan Chandler
Who wouldn't want to see him in action taking advantage, as he says, of the 'unprecedented popularity' of small men of Middle Eastern appearance that is currently sweeping the country.
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- Lee Bemrose
Charlie's interests seem to be mainly about media and current affairs, social media and the internet and, eventually, yes, taming wild squirrels.
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- Catherine Della Bosca
Rod Gilbert in his Compliment to The Crooners, made it all look and sound so effortless – a fine compliment indeed.
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