Cultural Binge – independent theatre reviews from Sydney, Australia (mostly).
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The rating system is simple: ★★★★★ – Terrific, world-standard. Don’t miss. ★★★★ – Great, definitely worth seeing. ★★★ – Good. Perfectly entertaining. Recommended. Individual mileage may vary. ★★ – Fine. Flawed and not really recommended, but you may find something to appreciate in it. ★ – Bad (& possibly offensive). See more reviews over at…
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Gutenberg! The Musical! (Hayes) ★★★★½
The spiritual cousin of indie-musical hits like Murder For Two and [Title of Show], Gutenberg! The Musical! is less about the songs and more about the expertly choreographed comedy.
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Toxic (Qtopia)
The rise and fall of a gay couple in Manchester threads its way through Britney Spears lyrics to its demise in Toxic.
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Disney’s The Lion King (Capitol Theatre) ★★★★½
If you’ve never seen The Lion King, you owe it to yourself to experience it now.
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3 Billion Seconds (KXT on Broadway) ★★★½
Well worth spending around 5 thousand seconds — that’s just under 90 minutes — in the theatre watching it.
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Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead (Belvoir) ★★★★
Have Belvoir bitten off more than they can chew?
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An Iliad (Sydney Theatre Co) ★★★½
Small on sets but big on visuals.
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Cluedo: The Play (Theatre Royal) ★★★★
Give it enough rope, and Cluedo: The Play might just surprise you!
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English (Seymour Centre) ★★★★
Sanaz Toossi’s play about a class of English students in Iran has a gentle touch.
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Sistren (Griffin) ★★★★★
Sistren is frenetic, original and addictively entertaining.
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Eden (Qtopia) ★★★★
Somehow an entire rural community comes to life inside the small space of Qtopia’s Substation theatre — and it’s all embodied by just two performers in Kate Gaul’s Eden.
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