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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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Doubt: A Parable (Sydney Theatre Co) ★★★★★
It’s a Tony & Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece, that’s a swift 90 minutes long. Do you need any more encouragement than that?
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The Dapto Chaser (Ensemble) ★★★½
Why does the temptation to “flip the table” feel like it has a wider political resonance in 2026 than it did when the play debuted in 2011?
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Juicy Riot (Eternity Playhouse) ★★★★
It was loud, proud and one hell of a crowd.
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First, Do No Harm (KXT/NIDA) ★★★½
Great situation, great characters – this is a fantastic way to burst out the gates.
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The Roommate (Ensemble) ★★★★
It’s just nice to sit back and enjoy an easy, funny, mild play that’s produced perfectly.
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Straight Panic (ATYP)
Three short comedies combine to make up Straight Panic, the triptych of one-act plays by Lachlan Parry poking fun at the gays, the straights and most importantly, the 00s.
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A Queer Little Murder (Qtopia)
Writer/performer Savannah Hankinson imagines a manor house murder mystery of a particularly sapphic sort in A Queer Little Murder.
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Mackenzie (Bell Shakespeare) ★★★★
It’s Macbeth, but done as a very dark teen comedy. And there are a few songs too (but it’s not a musical).
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Skank Sinatra: The Name on Everybody’s Lips (Qtopia) ★★★½
Ol’ Blue Thighs is back, and she’s serving Broadway with a slice of skank.
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W (Old Fitz) ★★★½
There are big questions lurking just underneath the battered skin of this sporting drama and it’s a rich field to play in.
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