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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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- Liza Dezfouli
George’s nakedness frees his body; he is releasing himself from expectations, almost eschewing performance in this intensely private work which is yet playing with notions of the public gaze and erotica.
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- Liza Dezfouli
All for audience participation as long as it’s not you? Then you’ll love Onstage Dating, Bron Batten’s contribution to the Festival of Live Art.
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- Jan Chandler
This interpretation of The Outsider creates for its audience a tense, passionate, sometimes humourous and thought-provoking night of theatre.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Original and unsettling, this play knocks your socks and shoes off with its stark expression of human vulnerability and its shadow side, manipulation.
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