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- Jack Teiwes
As one of Mamet’s classic plays, Speed-the-Plow was always likely to be a hot ticket for STC, and star-casting certainly sealed the deal. But it is nice to be able to report that the hype is not undeserved.
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- Richard Cotter
Who would have thunk it? An opera singer opening a show at the Kings Cross Hotel? It is one of the marvellous conceits and inventions of The Angelica Complex, a thrilling theatrical voyage into pregnancy, post-partum, and parenting.
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- Emily Shaddick
Good With Maps pulls you into the world of explorers who navigated jungles and circumnavigated the globe, chasing dreams of wealth and fame as well as adventure and escape.
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- Richard Cotter
A Life In The Theatre could well be the title of actor John Gaden's autobiography.
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- Matt O''Neill
A genuine concern that arises over the course of the production is that Frayne simply hasn’t figured out how to translate his considerable skill and imagination to an arena environment.
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- Nicholas Routley
The score is complex, profound, and at the same time has a mercurial quality that very few opera composers besides Mozart and Britten have ever achieved.
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