“Macbeth (An Undoing)”: A New Take That Aims To Reimagine Lady Macbeth’s Path – But Ultimately Leaves You Guessing
What if significant portions of William Shakespeare’s text for Macbeth had been lost, leading to a...
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“Dorian the Musical:” This Rock Adaptation Of Oscar Wilde’s Classic Missteps At Every Turn
In the preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde wrote: “There is no such thing as...
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Sydney Theatre Company’s “Dracula”: A Virtuosic Performance, Sexy Staging, And A Queer Rewriting
The figure of Dracula has always lived somewhere between the written word, screen projections and...
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New Play “American Signs” Looks At The Nefarious World Of Consultancies – But Leaves Australia Off The Hook
Anchuli Felicia King’s new one-performer piece, American Signs, written for the talented Catherine...
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“Homo Pentecostus:” On Queer Intimacies, Religion, Ancestry And The Human Need For Connection
Music pumps; lights pulsate; two sweaty bodies sway together, touching, breathing in each other’s...
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Back to Back’s “Multiple Bad Things” takes a sophisticated look at the moral ambiguities of today’s ‘culture wars’
Back to Back Theatre is an internationally lauded ensemble of collaborators based in Geelong. With...
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“Symphonie Of The Bicycle:” On The Desire To Be Great, And The Desire To Live A Life With Great Meaning
Symphonie of the Bicycle is a tour de force. Actor and writer Hew Parham takes the audience...
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A Story Of Trauma, Hope And Regaining Control, “Nayika: A Dancing Girl” Is Soul-Stirring Dance Theatre
The complex and grappling issue of violence against women takes centre stage in the soul-stirring...
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I Wholeheartedly Recommend “The President:” A Brilliant Revival Of A Play Of Decay, Terror And Revulsion
Decay, terror, revulsion. These are three of the central themes of Thomas Bernhard’s rarely...
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New Play “The Exact Dimensions of Hell” Explores The Chaos And Contradiction Of Teenage Girlhood – And Witchcraft
The relationship between witchcraft and teenage girls has been the subject of many books, films...
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‘Strong Theatre With Unwavering Precision’: Into The Shimmering World Asks Us What Does It Mean To Be Good?
Angus Cerini’s Into the Shimmering World is an unforgiving and, frankly, bleak meditation on what...
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Love, Loss And Tears – But Also Laughter: Belvoir’s Compelling And Skilful Staging Of “Holding The Man”
Walking through Chippendale on my way to Sydney’s Belvoir Street Theatre, where this production of...
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Respect And Disrespect Clash Throughout 37 – A Brilliant New Play Exploring Australian Rules Football
Guernsey number 37 belonged to Aboriginal star football player Adam Goodes when he played for...
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Sydney Festival Review: Circa’s “Humans 2.0” is a Visceral Delight
Review: Humans 2.0, directed by Yaron Lifschitz, Circa at Sydney Festival The black circular stage...
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Sydney Festival Review: Politics of Care in Force Majeure’s “The Last Season”
Review: The Last Season, directed and choreographed by Danielle Micich, Force Majeure at Sydney...
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Death Of The Theatre Critic?
This is the age of marketing, not the age of criticism. To give an example, I’ll start with a...
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In Suzie Miller’s “Prima Facie,” Theatre Finds a Voice of Reckoning on Sexual Assault and The Law
Suzie Miller’s one-woman play Prima Facie is an unsparing study of the Australian legal system’s...
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“Lions And Tigers” at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Gandhi has a lot to answer for. I don’t mean the saintly campaigner for Indian independence, who...
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Review: “The Nose” At The Royal Opera House
Olfactory perception – Shostakovich conkers? Whilst I am in the moron category regarding love of...
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