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- Jodi McAlister
100 Years of Lizards is one hour of pure 100% wacky fun. Have you ever wondered if lizards are poised to take over the earth? This show will reveal their dastardly plan to you. It also has dancing. And puns. What more do you need?
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- lloyd bradford (brad) syke
Here Lies Henry throws out the rule book on what defines theatre and how it must be made. Matthew Hyde manages to flawlessly deliver an exceedingly complex text and is riveting from start to finish. Not to mention nuanced. Without a doubt, even with several months of unseen acting to come, his must stand as one of the best showings of 2012.
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- Emily Garrett
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- Jodi McAlister
Footprints on Water is a claustrophobic play. Set in a small town that people seem cursed to live in and cursed to never leave, it is a dark, ominous, and sometimes blackly funny look at religion, hysteria, hypocrisy, cruelty, identity, racism, beginnings, ends, and the apocalypse.
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- Helen Barry
Ovo, while not perhaps as perfect as it could hope to be, is still a tantalising trip for young and old alike, offering a serving of rarefied circus snippets that linger long after the insects have flown from the stage.
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- Jodi McAlister
The concept of A Trivial Pursuit is great but the execution is not. It has ideas and moments that I like (as well as a really good set), but the writing, direction, and acting could all use some improvement.
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