Cultural Binge – independent theatre reviews from Sydney, Australia (mostly).
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American Signs (Sydney Theatre Co) ★★★★
No one likes management consultants. Even management consultants don’t like management consultants. It takes a performer of unique empathy to make us care for The Consultant and thankfully Catherine Văn-Davies is dynamic in this one-person show.
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Master Class (Ensemble) ★★★½
Famed soprano Maria Callas is played, mostly, for laughs in Terrence McNally’s Tony Award winning play, giving Lucia Mastrantone the chance to work the room and terrorise her fellow performers.
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Ride The Cyclone (Hayes) ★★★★
Ride The Cyclone sees the team at the Hayes pull out all the stops and boy does it pay off. When you’re having this much fun, who cares if the plot treads water.
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Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan (Sydney Opera House) ★★★★
If you’re a student of queer Australian history, this is an enlightening look at our own story. For lovers of choral work, it’s a fresh Australian piece. With so few performances I’d urge you to rush out and see it.
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Chicago (Capitol Theatre) ★★★½
As great as the ol’ girl is… has she run out of steam?
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Stolen (Sydney Theatre Co) ★★★★½
It is simply impossible to watch Stolen without a sense of sadness and rage brewing within you.
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Interview: Watershed’s Historical Consultant Tim Reeves & Co-Librettist Alana Valentine.
Tim Reeves, the show’s Historical Consultant, and playwright Alan Valentine, the show’s co-librettist, took some time out to help set the scene and answer some questions about the Adelaide Festival hit.
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Romeo & Juliet Suite (Sydney Opera House) ★★★★
“Specificity” is the first word that comes to mind after watching Benjamin Millepied’s Romeo & Juliet Suite. Specificity in the movement, intention, camera-work and even the way it uses the Sydney Opera House itself.
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dog (KXT on Broadway) ★★★
With little dialogue, and little plot driving the story, dog is not a comfortable watch.
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POV (Belvoir 25a) ★★★★
The ever inventive re:group collective have arrived downstairs at Belvoir with POV, an experiment in blending theatre and documentary.
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