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- Richard Cotter
Some wags might think The Canterbury Tales is the arse end of a Bulldog, but a production bearing that name currently being presented at New Theatre is rather a bowdlerized version of Chaucer's capering collection of bawdy social commentary.
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- Richard Cotter
The Drama Theatre of The Sydney Opera House is turned into a Luna Park sideshow for the current production of Ghost Stories.
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- Brenton Amies
Sport for Jove Theatre presents a classic of American contemporary literature, Of Mice and Men, adapted for the stage by John Steinbeck
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- Marika Bryant
Where else could you sit and listen to off-the-richter-scale jazz/funk/soul/reggae/bluegrass/hip-hop/electro-couplings of notable audacity, order an egg and bacon burger for $6 and be part of a beautiful vintage town for three full days and four nights? Beautiful Bellingen, that’s where!
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- Daniel Morgan Potts
Director Thomas De Mallet Burgess and Conductor Erin Helyard finely balance the requirements of an original – newly discovered – score with the dramatic needs of a contemporary production. The results are superb.
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- Richard Cotter
Fleet of foot, full of laughs and plenty of pathos, the play beats with the heart of a champion that unfurls to fur flying finale where the money’s on the bunny and a rudimentary redemption makes a claim.
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