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- Jack Teiwes
One of the more original events this year comes in the form of an entertaining marriage of visual art and live music, tying in to the current exhibition Rembrandt and the Dutch golden age: masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum at the venerable Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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- Jack Teiwes
The Barber Shop Chronicles a striking and richly engaging show about community and culture, from the personal to the political and all that is in between.
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The most striking and enchanting element of this production is the extensive use of puppetry to bring to life the menagerie of creatures Darwin rigorously studies on his journey, these remarkable visuals and complex scenic elements work in perfect balance with the focus on character, story, and one big, history-changing idea.
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- Emily Shaddick
This retelling of an old tale is a joyful cacophony of pantomime whoops and theatrical hollas. The storyline is original allowing nostalgia to simmer gently yet expectations are challenged in wonderful and fabulous ways.
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- Richard Cotter
There’s two sides of every story and that's what we get here, two perspectives, two versions of the same tale, careening in out of corroboration until they collide with the truth.
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- Jack Teiwes
Lady Rizo is a funky, classy, crass, weird and wild dame, a powerful singer and speaker alike, equally at home with low humour and stirring political critique.
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- Jack Teiwes
Anti-progressives who rankle at the idea of open-minded education for children will probably not be thrilled by this portrayal of an indigenous Alice fighting to find the courage to shed her feminine clothing and play AFL… but good riddance to them.
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- Ashley Walker
Aquasonic is a sonic exploration of water and the effects produced when instruments are played though it. It is part concert, part performance art and totally hypnotic.
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