Category: LGBT
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The Inheritance, Parts 1 & 2 (Forty Five Downstairs) ★★★★
The Inheritance, is a sprawling epic, very loosely based on EM Forster’s Howards End. It was lauded in London, but dismissed on Broadway, in Melbourne it’s back to being adored once more.
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Ruff Trade (The Motley Bauhaus) ★★★1/2
Ruff Trade starts off as a sex comedy about a 16th century male sex worker and unexpectedly ends up being a bitter tragedy. Strangely the heel-turn works, making for a satisfying, and gleefully historically inaccurate, short play.
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Sauna Boy (The Motley Bauhaus) ★★★1/2
Ever wondered what life is like for the people who work behind-the-scenes in a gay sauna? Dan Ireland-Reeves’s Sauna Boy has your answers.
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Overflow (Darlinghurst Theatre Co) ★★★★★
The bottom line is, yes, Overflow is as good as everyone says it is, go see it!
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Ode to Joy (How Gordon got to go to the nasty pig party) (Neilson Nutshell) ★★★★
It’s like How Stella Got Her Groove Back but instead of using Taye Diggs, it uses ketamine.
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Bark of Millions (Sydney Opera House) ★★★★★
Full review up on The Queer Review.
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Miss Saigon (Sydney Opera House) ★★★★★
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg. Lyrics by Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. Book by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil. Dame Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House. 17 Aug – 13 Oct, 2023. Full review up on The Queer Review.
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London Week Five
On the final stretch now and my brain is starting to look ahead to life back at home. Going into the office, seeing local shows (I can’t wait to catch up on City of Angels, The Great Comet, Jailbaby etc) and sleeping in my own bed again. But first I have a couple of days…
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London Week Four
My final full week in London rolled up very quickly, and having seen most of my ‘must-sees’ I got to check out some other shows around town that piqued my interest and I’m really glad I did. Then, Now & Next (Southwark Playhouse) ★★1/2 Written by Christopher J Orton & Jon Robyns. Southwark Playhouse Borough.…
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London Week Three
Things got a little manic this week as I made a side trip to Broadway for the weekend. Plus there was a West End opening night, a fringe show and some big revivals. Here are some mini reviews in chronological order. Self Tape (Kings Head Theatre) ★★★ Written by Michael Batten. Kings Head Theatre. 18…
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