Sydney Reviews
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- Jack Teiwes
Bell Shakespeare’s latest production of Richard 3 is something of a jumble. An uninspired staging of one of the great plays of the canon, redeemed if not entirely rescued by the strong central performances of the major female leads.
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- Emily Shaddick
From its opening moment In Difference reaches out and activates two very opposing emotional responses
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- Emily Shaddick
Mr Stink is the delightful tale of friendship between an odorous vagabond and Chloe, a gifted young writer who is suffering from the angst of school bullies and a mother who just doesn’t understand.
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- Richard Cotter
Eighth Blackbird send you to musical seventh heaven with their Musica Viva set which includes the world premiere performance of home grown composer Holly Harrison.
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- Jack Teiwes
Michael Gow’s modern Australian classic Away is a play in which the deeply funny and the unsettlingly tragic go hand in hand.
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- Emily Shaddick
Naomi Price takes on the extraordinary challenge of not only reproducing the powerful and dynamic voice of Adele, but also of replicating her personality and physical mannerisms.
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- Jack Teiwes
Hare vividly imagines the interior emotional lives of these historic figures and the infamous public airing of their scandal, choosing to focus on two key moments of “downfall” in Oscar Wilde’s life which took place outside of the public spotlight.
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