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- Liza Dezfouli
Claire Healy is a peach and so is her MICF cabaret show at The Butterfly Club, A Little Too Much Information.
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- Vito Mattarelli
Based closely on Dahl's book about a little girl genius who loves to read, this Matilda not only loves to read (amazingly for a 5-year old) but loves to tell stories.
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- Catherine Della Bosca
The drudgery of motherhood, its expectations and (often ensuing) isolation are serious universal themes scrutinised in this latest MTC production with both frankness and humour.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Although only 40 minutes long this is an insistent yet calm work, one which allows the audience to witness and appreciate the struggles and the strengths of the disabled body.
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- Vito Mattarelli
Adapting any epic novel for the stage is no easy feat, but Andrew Bovell's writing alongside Neil Armfield's direction steers Kate Grenville's The Secret River into pastures that are captivating, accessible and often poetic.
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- Vito Mattarelli
Based on a short story (The Ugliest Pilgrim) by Doris Betts, Violet the musical is a delightful small-scale stage adaptation that produces a greater effect than anticipated.
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- Eleanor Howlett
It's a slick, tight performance with jarring, jagged edges that satisfyingly spring out at you from the pitch black.
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