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Details: 21 July 2012

Bell Shakespeare's The Duchess Of Malfi is an absolute tour de force. John Bell and his team have taken Webster's Renaissance text and exposed the raw, visceral, tragedy at its core. It is totally, utterly electrifying.

Details: 21 July 2012

A Chorus Line is full of energy, laugh-out-loud humour, great dancing and affecting drama. It is also something of a mood piece, relying on mostly unrelated character backstories to populate the loosest of narratives.

Details: 20 July 2012

Ignite the Dark's beautiful jazz dance ensemble create an intimate and sensual performance in their latest production, The Pleasure Principle.

Details: 20 July 2012

There's too much talent and too much cheek to be kept inside, and it comes pelting out in incredible vocals, naughty and often downright dirty jokes, and delightfully daggy gaffs and dance moves.

Details: 20 July 2012

At times reassuringly familiar, at others unnervingly new, Humphries is still, at the age of seventy-eight, razor-sharp and dishing up the razzle-dazzle.

Details: 18 July 2012

Syncopation is a sweet show. The title promises something a little offbeat, but in the end turns out to be quite a traditional romance, a fun show set in pre-war New York.

Details: 17 July 2012

Jersey Boys is a fast paced piece that keeps you riveted and rocking through each scene.

Details: 17 July 2012

Playing at the Street Theatre this week is Monkey Baa's latest incarnation of one of Australia's best-named plays, The Bugalugs Bum Thief. No, it's not quite Shakespeare, but it's closer than one might assume.

The Duchess of Malfi | Bell Shakespeare

A Chorus Line

The Pleasure Principle | Ignite the Dark

The Fabulous Singlettes

Eat Pray Laugh! | Barry Humphries

Syncopation

Jersey Boys

The Bugalugs Bum Thief | Monkey Baa