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Notes From the Hard Road and Beyond

Notes From the Hard Road and Beyond was a spectacular close to the 2011 Melbourne Festival, and an honest look at the strength of human nature.

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Beethoven's Egmont | Sydney Symphony
Sometimes there is a night in the theatre that you will never, ever forget. Watching Nigel Westlake conduct the NSW premier of his impressive new work, Missa Solis – Requiem for Eli was one of them.

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The Rehearsal, Playing the Dane | Pan Pan Theatre
We are used to modernisations, film versions, edited versions of Shakespeare's plays, but to date none of them come close to The Rehearsal, Playing the Dane.

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We Came from the East | JeckoSDance

Choreographer Jeck Kurniawan Siompo Pui, better known by the catchy handle of Jecko Siompo, is pretty hot stuff in Indonesia and getting hotter on the world stage too.

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New Horizons | Sydney Symphony Orchestra

New Horizons was a triumphant celebration of symphonic sound delivered by an unusual program and world-class musicians.

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This Year’s Ashes | Griffin Theatre Company
This Year’s Ashes is a classic romantic comedy, albeit one with more bite, sophistication and depth and much more enjoyable in every way than your typical cinema fare.

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Grease 2: Live in Concert | StageArt

Based (of course) on the 1982 movie, this piece of musical theatre never made any pretentions about being anything more than a feel-good hour or two of fun, full of colour, dance, song – and lots of thrusting hips.

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Whiteley’s Incredible Blue | fortyfivedownstairs

Disappointed at the loveless media backlash that followed Whiteley’s passing, Dickins penned the original text for Whiteley’s Incredible Blue as a tribute to the man who was Australia’s first artist superstar.

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  1. Matalor | StageArt
  2. Aftermath | Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
  3. In No Particular Order | Max Atwood and Paul Culliver
  4. Political Mother | Hofesh Shechter Company

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