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“The Smallest Stage” is an Intricately-Crafted Play for Families about Incarceration – And The Power of Stories

Posted by Leah Mercer | 20th Mar 2022 | Australia, Devised Theatre, Festivals, Review

Review: The Smallest Stage, by Kim Crotty for Perth Festival A small, white rectangle taped onto...

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Very Genki, Slightly Kitsch, Occasionally Compelling: The Olympic Opening Ceremony Put Humanity in Centre Frame

Posted by Leah Mercer | 28th Jul 2021 | Japan, Review, Theatre and Politics

The rising of the Japanese flag and the singing of the national anthem is the first moment of...

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Part Escape Room, Part Choose-Your-Own Adventure — The Whodunit Whistleblower has The Audience at its Heart

Posted by Leah Mercer | 17th Mar 2021 | Australia, Participatory Theatre, Review

Review: Whistleblower, directed by Arielle Gray, Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd, and Tim Watts. The Last Great...

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Pining for St Kilda Instead of Moscow: “The Cherry Orchard” Grapples With Our Cultural Inheritance

Posted by Leah Mercer | 9th Mar 2021 | Adaptation, Australia, Review, Russian Theatre Abroad

Review: The Cherry Orchard, directed by Clare Watson. Black Swan State Theatre Company for the...

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