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- Richard Cotter
As biting as a de-dentured dementia sufferer who has forgotten how to chew, as sexy as a diagnosis for Hep C, and about as funny, Before Lysistrata plays like a Year 9 drama exercise, earnest in its self importance and lacking any disciplinary stage craft.
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- Marika Bryant
Friday evening and we are driving into Bellingen – the ‘god’ clouds trapping the last rays of the sun, like fire in the sky. Auspicious welcome with the brooding purple ridge looming ever closer
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- Dennis Clements
The traditional Christmas Pantomime is a much loved institution in the United Kingdom. A rollicking mix of song, dance, fairytale and double entendre.
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- Richard Cotter
The title of Caryl Churchill's play Cloud Nine is a figure of speech rather than a true meteorological term, but that doesn’t stop it being a thundering theatrical storm with flash lightning performances in Kip Williams' production for STC.
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- Richard Cotter
A man unconscious, supine on the floor, his top hat off his head. Slowly, he regains consciousness, getting himself erect, and hatted. But he, seemingly, is still “off his head”.
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- Dennis Clements
There was a palpable sense of occasion in the foyer of the Sydney Opera House Drama theatre on opening night of Bangarra’s new work Bennelong.
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- Ashley Walker
This is a chilling thunderbolt of a production and yet the viewer is still left with some reservations. The first half seems a little rushed if you are overly familiar with the story.
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