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- Jack Teiwes
This is black humour indeed, but delivered with an unusually light and zany, almost manic style that is hilarious in moments of high comedy and sharp satire.
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- Richard Cotter
A kitchen sinker for the 21st Century, The Children cements playwright Lucy Kirkwood's place in contemporary theatre's pantheon of stylists with form.
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- Eden Bryant
Ever changing with the calender, music lovers can be assured of two things over the Easter long weekend: predictably unpredictable weather, and Blues.
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- Richard Cotter
The complete destruction of Paris, the annihilation of the arrondissements, and the slaughter of its citizens. Such are the stakes in Cyril Gely’s trim, taught and terrifying play, Diplomacy.
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- Jack Teiwes
Although somehow just a whisker off being perfect, Williams’ new production of The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui is a theatrical powerhouse, with bold stagecraft and an exciting cast all clustered around a stunning central performance.
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- Richard Cotter
Lachlan Philpott's lauded play is decidedly lyrical, but with the absence of action becomes homiletic, a little too much tell and not enough show.
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- Richard Cotter
A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer is gosh factor cathartic theatre with a reach that extends our gasp.
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- Dennis Clements
Beautifully performed, and indisputably watchable – but one that reveals little of Callas beyond the self-absorbed diva breaking others to palliate the pain of a ruined voice and doomed affairs of the heart.
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