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Oil (Sydney Theatre Co) ★★★★★
May, the heroine of Oil, is timeless. She is both a storytelling tool, an archetype that spans hundreds of years, and a mother doing her best for her daughter. But ‘doing her best’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘doing good’. If nothing else, Oil is about the cycles of our lives and the loops humanity finds itself…
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MQFF 2023 Reviews UPDATED
I’m reviewing films at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival this year for The Queer Review. I’ve consolidated my reviews (and those by other Queer Review reviewers) here so they sit in the one place. I’ve listed them in star rating order to make things easier for people considering going and added interviews we’ve run with…
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10th Queer Screen Film Festival 2023
I’m reviewing films at the 10th Queer Screen Film Festival 2023 for The Queer Review, so this page will be updated as new reviews go live. I’ve also included the films reviewed by other reviewers (clearly labelled) at The Queer Review to help make this a centralised hub. I’m sorting these by rating to make…
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The Weekend (Belvoir St Theatre) ★★★1/2
Adapted by Sue Smith, based on the novel by Charlotte Wood. Belvoir St Theatre. 5 Aug – 10 Sep, 2023. The Weekend… No, not that one… No, no, not that one either… Definitely not that one! Not after watching The Idol! Anyway, The Weekend, the stage adaptation of Charlotte Wood’s novel now on at Belvoir…
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Constellations (Sydney Theatre Co.) ★★★★1/2
Written by Nick Payne. Sydney Theatre Company. 28 Jul – 2 Sep, 2023. A beekeeper and an astrophysicist meet and fall in love. A beekeeper and an astrophysicist meet and don’t fall in love. A beekeeper and an astrophysicist meet and fall in love but it’s complicated. Don’t worry, if you search through the multiverse…
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Consent (Seymour Centre) ★★★1/2
Written by Nina Raine. Outhouse Theatre Co. Seymour Centre. 1 – 24 June, 2023. The ever excellent Outhouse Theatre brings Nina Raine’s 2017 UK hit play Consent to the Seymour Centre. A big drama that blends the professional and the personal for a group of British lawyers who prosecute and defend sexual assault cases. These…
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Clyde’s (Ensemble Theatre) ★★★1/2
Written by Lynn Nottage. Australian Premiere. Ensemble Theatre. 5 May – 10 June, 2023. Lynn Nottage, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, comes to the stage with a lot of expectations. Her new comedy, Clyde’s, hits Australia with a reputation of being the most staged play in America last year. There’s clearly something good here. In…
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tick, tick… BOOM! (Lyric Theatre) ★★★1/2
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson. Sydney Lyric Theatre. 20-26 April, 2023. Full review up on The Queer Review.
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La Cage aux Folles (State Theatre, Sydney) ★★★
Music & lyrics by Jerry Herman. Book by Harvey Fierstein. State Theatre, Sydney. April 19-23, 2023. Full review up on The Queer Review.
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Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival 2023
I’m reviewing films at Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival 2023 for The Queer Review, so this page will be updated as new reviews go live. I’ve also included the films reviewed by other reviewers (clearly labelled) at The Queer Review to help make this a centralised hub. Feb 18 – Goran Stolevski/Of An Age…
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