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- Catherine Della Bosca
In a return season of Theatre Beating’s, Magic Chicken, the audience follows the adventures (or should that be misadventures?) of Ethel, a golden egg laying chicken, after she stumbles across two bumbling chefs in a run-down cartoon kitchen & bistro whilst being hotly pursued by the Evil Eric.
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- Jan Chandler
Saltwater and Letters Home, with their contrasting approaches to theatre and story-telling, are an entertaining, moving and thought provoking double bill.
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- Gordana Andjelic-Davila
The Melbourne Arts Centre has been hosting the Sound of Music Sing-A-Long for a number of years, this year it was held at Hamer Hall, and although most of us are no Julie Andrews, or for that matter Lady Gaga, the auditorium was filled with “the sound of music” and it was simply beautiful.
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- Gordana Andjelic-Davila
This lovely interpretation of Cinderella, is far from a rehash of a tried and true fairytale to Sergei Prokofiev’s score, it successfully marries old-fashioned storytelling, with a modern twist
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- Nikki Spunde
The little stage at the Butterfly Club has been the setting for many things wonderful and Jessica McKerlie’s Gender Spanner is definitely one of these.
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- Vito Mattarelli
Phil Scott has been performing for some time, and his experience shows here, both in his musical ability and in his comic timing and story-tellng.
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- Catherine Della Bosca
In a return season of But Wait…There’s More, Circus Oz has pitched its state-of-the-art Big Top at Birrarung Marr with a show incorporating elements of rock n’ roll, cabaret, theatre and satire fused with the skills and tricks of traditional circus.
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