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- Nicholas Routley
Young, O’Neill, Ionis, and indeed every member of the orchestra understood how to let this music crack open the psyche, yet hold us there in ways that can transfigure our souls.
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- Richard Cotter
Steeped in meta-theatricality, A Mirror prompts us to reflect on the status of storytelling, of its place in creating a culture, its manipulation into myth, its power to prick and to prod.
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- Richard Cotter
Grace Wilson’s Gia Ophelia is a blistering examination of thwarted art and choices denied.
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- Richard Cotter
Amped up and ramped up, harness Harbridge’s energy here and it could power metropolitan Sydney.
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- Richard Cotter
Heavens to Murgatroyd, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a mysterious affair of style.
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- Richard Cotter
Yes there are scars of Australia laid bare in Dear Son, but there is much humour too, a salving balm that promotes healing and connectivity.
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- Richard Cotter
Jack Kearney’s kitchen sinker, Born on a Thursday takes three hours to traverse ten months, a calendar stroll through 1999. Did a year really unfurl at such glacial pace back then?
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- Dr Daniela Kaleva
Vivacious and virtuosic, Pinchgut Opera’s intimate rendition is rooted deeply in research and the practice of historical performance, yet unmistakably Sydney – unmistakably Australian – in its swift, vibrant, and exhilarating delivery.
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