Category: Theatre
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A Case for the Existence of God (Seymour Centre) ★★★½
A Case for the Existence of God feels fresh in the way it handles male relationships and masculine ennui (or “crisis of masculinity” if you prefer).
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No Pay? No Way! (Sydney Theatre Co) ★★★★1/2
Should we Aussies be rioting in Woolies? Looting our local Coles? Releasing anarchy down in Aldi?
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Into The Shimmering World (Sydney Theatre Co) ★★★1/2
Into The Shimmering World uses a seemingly simple man to raise a lot of questions.
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Grease: The Musical (Capitol Theatre) ★★★1/2
When this production of Grease lets rip, it roars!
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West Side Story (Handa Opera) ★★★★★
West Side Story is the musical theatre standard bearer for “all killer, no filler”.
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Zombie! The Musical (Hayes) ★★★★★
This show has my heart, and it can eat it too if it likes. So, chookas to the Apocalypse!
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Holding The Man (Belvoir) ★★★★
Holding The Man is dear to me. I can’t remember how many copies of the original book I’ve given away over the years, or how many times I re-read it.
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The Great Divide (Ensemble) ★★★1/2
Retirement obviously does not sit well with playwright David Williamson, or maybe Australia is just in need of its great chronicler to help illuminate the way and he’s heeded the call to duty… whatever the reason, he’s back.
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37 (Melbourne Theatre Company) ★★★
It’s short on nuance but big on short shorts – much like the game of AFL itself.
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Yentl (Malthouse) ★★★★★
This is first rate theatre with literally nothing to critique. Worth a trip to Melbourne to see it all on its own, we can only beg the theatre gods, or the yeytser ho’re, for a Sydney transfer.
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