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- Carol Middleton
Red Stitch Theatre’s Australian premiere of the 2010 British play, directed by Denny Lawrence, is a panoply of conflict, character, tragedy, humour, bad behaviour and stage business.
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- Liza Dezfouli
There is an element of the prodigal son in Barney McAll’s tribute to Mooroolbark, an area east of Melbourne. Barney explains that 'Mooroolbark' is the name given to his hometown by the Wurundjeri people (“moorool” meaning great water and “bik” meaning place).
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- Liza Dezfouli
Harland did not so much lead as, together with the anchor of bassist Harish Raghavan, create an unstoppable rolling groove with the other gifted members of the band, steering a sonic spaceship on an exploration of musical galaxies.
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- Vito Mattarelli
Cole Porter's Anything Goes has re-surfaced in an over-the-top new production. The story may still be set in the olden post-depression, fun-filled 1930s, but with outlandish humour ripe for a contemporary audience.
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- Vito Mattarelli
Right from the opening beats when this story about an all-girl group preparing to perform at the grand Apollo Theatre begins, the audience knows that they are in for a musical treat with Dreamgirls.
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- Liza Dezfouli
The Richard Bona Quintet's show was a fizz of showmanship, playing to a hugely responsive audience who stood for an ovation at the end of the set, leadiong into an encore and an audience boogie.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Masters of the musical short story, the New York based The Bad Plus offer a surprising night of rock-inspired jazz twinned with classical piano on a date with Ragnarok.
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- Gordana Andjelic-Davila
Bendigo has dedicated this Autumn to Ned Kelly; from the Imagining Ned exhibition at Bendigo Art Gallery to NED – A New Australian Musical at the Ulumbarra Theatre, formerly the Sandhurst Gaol, the perfect place where to premiere a show about Australia’s “favourite” outlaw.
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