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- Liza Dezfouli
Eagles Nest Theatre’s take on Arthur Miller’s famous play is performed in the church-like (and cold) interior of the Brunswick Scout Hall, which helps bring about the atmosphere of Puritan Salem in Massachusetts, where the famed witch-hunts took place in the late 17th century.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Gustavsen’s music makes you think of the Heart Sutra that states, ‘form is emptiness and emptiness is form’, as space plays such a major role in its compositional fabric.
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- Nikki Spunde
Ballet and fairies are a match made in heaven. Ballet seems the perfect art form for depicting fairies and fairies the perfect subject for showcasing ballet. From the moment The Dream starts, with a flutter of green skirts and petite wings as fairies flock the stage, it feels truly like a dream becoming real before your eyes.
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- Eleanor Howlett
With the legendary Alfred Hitchcock at the helm and an iconic score by Bernard Herrmann, the movie is one that is so well known, adapting it for the stage could be considered an exercise as treacherous as one of Roger Thornhill’s cliff hanging escapades.
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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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