Australian Realness is a strange, illusory and disparate production with moments of brilliance and instances that baffle. It is surreal.
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Award winning experimental theatre company The Danger Ensemble delivers a challenging and at times confronting work in Let Men Tremble.
Opening the doors to the mysterious chocolate factory, five children and their parents are invited into Wonka’s world after winning a golden ticket granting them access to the fantastical candy land.
I have seen classic, contemporary and experimental takes on orchestra, as I am sure many others have too – but I doubt many have seen something quite as grandiose and extravagant as the wild ride that Synthony takes you on.
Cleverly written and adapted from the Dahl poems, the show was slick and silly, funny and furiously paced throughout.
The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow has been a long time coming for the First Nations people of Australia.
The Bangalow Music Festival, jewel of the classical music calendar of the Northern Rivers of NSW, has just had its 18th incarnation.
This unapologetically irreverent musical, more in the vein of a spoof or even a roast, ridicules the Corbys and the attending media alike, giving them all a blast from both barrels. Its approach to the topic might work as a series of revue sketches, but as a feature-length show it requires further development.
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