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- Richard Cotter
Adultery, infidelity, debauchery, in flagrante and a hint of incest, Charles Morey’s reworking of Beaumarchais’ Figaro is mild Moliere with a flash of Feydeau.
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- Matt O''Neill
Truly – the best example of all the joy, delight and emotion that can come with a genuinely crafted and massive musical theatre production.
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- Dennis Clements
Fans of Ms Robinson will not be disappointed, and if your favorite divas are those strong, yet fragile pioneers with unique voices that pre-date the Beyonces or Gagas – then this is an evening for you.
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- Jack Teiwes
There have been quite a few plays in recent years dealing either tangentially or primarily with issues of ageing parents’ descent into dementia and death, but none have been quite so devastatingly focused as The Father on the experience of mental decline itself, and the heartbreaking effect it has on sufferer and their families alike.
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- Nicholas Routley
One of the longer-lasting of Australia’s regional festivals, the annual weekend of chamber music concerts offered by the Southern Cross Soloists, along with many other marvellous musicians, has been a focal point of classical music performance in the Northern Rivers since its inception in 2001.
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- Richard Cotter
Grotesque and misanthropic, Taylor Mac's Hir is identifiable as Theatre of Cruelty complete with repetitive projectile vomiting, piercing sound, public pissing, and bright stage lighting.
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- Richard Cotter
After The Dance concerns itself with the generation that missed the First World War by a whisker and were celebrating and commiserating the hard won peace with copious amounts of whisky – predominantly Irish in this production – gin, brandy, and wine (when one can be bothered to fetch it from the cellar).
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