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- Richard Cotter
This most certainly must see show is stellar storytelling by a star performer, Meg Clarke, blazing not twinkling like a diamond on the stage, ferocious, fearless, fantastic.
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- Rebecca Whitton
The novel had seeped into the Australian literary psyche, becoming one of our foundational colonial myths, long before Peter Weir made his iconic film version, many believing it to be a true story.
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Neil Armfield returns to Belvoir to direct an excellent ensemble of four performers who play two characters each, one from the present and one from the past, those from Then informing the those of Now.
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Richard Carroll’s production of The Pirates of Penzance is the very model of a post-modern major musical.
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Biological effects and radiation run in ironic paradigm throughout Alana Valentine’s new play, Nucleus, a fusion of public debate and private intercourse.
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Bullying, gossip, slander, and cancel culture are all startlingly identifiable, showing public shaming has a rich and lengthy history even before cancel culture entered the social discourse.
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Tracy Mann deep dives into diva in David Williamson’s latest play, ARIA.
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- Richard Cotter
A play that begins with “The world is your oyster” and ends with “It’s just a roast”, Jacky is a theatrical feast.
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