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- Nicholas Routley
Typical of many regional orchestras, it is entirely amateur, run by a volunteer committee. But for much of the time during their concert, Winter Delights, you could be forgiven for thinking you were in Brisbane or Sydney.
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- Richard Cotter
Grief is the Thing With Feathers settles into glorious shape like cake mixture reaching the corners of the tin as it swells and bakes.
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- Richard Cotter
Babyteeth bites into a tough subject with plenty of food for thought to chew on.
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- Richard Cotter
It’s sex, lies and vertical blinds in Sport for Jove’s production of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal at the Old Fitz.
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- Richard Cotter
A moral fable about wealth, power, status and moral comprise, Emerald City is about scruples scuppered and moral compasses reset.
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- Richard Cotter
In an all American small-town community hall, wood veneer panelled and mirrored back wall, five people associate to take part in an amateur acting class run by Marty, a passionate Pollyanna teacher who leads the group in a series of drama games.
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- Richard Cotter
HIR may not be transformative, but it does have the ability to transfix.
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- Emily Shaddick
Roald Dahl’s The Twits bursts onto the stage these school holidays with all the farts, boogers and chaos you’d expect. Shake & Stir serve up a gloriously gross show at the Sydney Opera House.
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