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Elf: The Musical (Sydney Opera House) ★★★½
How does this bog-standard movie-to-musical adaptation of Elf manage to be so unexpectedly adorable and fun? It must be a Christmas miracle.
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Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern (Sydney Opera House) ★★★½
What exactly is The Twenty-Sided Tavern? It’s a live show mixed with a traditional game of D&D whose direction is determined by the roll of the dice or, occasionally, the whims of the audience.
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Top 10 Shows of 2024
Out of all the Sydney shows I saw, I’ve put together my personal Top Ten. These are all shows that I really enjoyed and which have stayed with me through the year.
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The Pigeons (KXT on Broadway) ★★½
Like a mash-up of The Office, Succession, and ’Allo, ‘Allo, The Pigeons takes you on a wild ride.
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Snowflake (Old Fitz) ★★★★½
The real draw here is an intelligent, thoughtful script that looks beyond the reactionary, and three absolutely perfect performances.
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Hot Tub (Belvoir 25a) ★★★★
Crass, crazy and thoroughly entertaining – you could do a lot worse than end your theatrical year watching Lewis Treston’s crime-family comedy, Hot Tub.
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New Breed 2024 (Sydney Dance Company) ★★★★
Sydney Dance Company’s annual showcase of emerging choreographers, New Breed, is back for 2024 with a mini-advent calendar of different treats.
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Looking Ahead to the 2025 Season
Sydney’s major theatre companies have announced their 2025 seasons and there is a lot to pick over.
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People Will Think You Don’t Love Me (KXT Broadway) ★★★★
It’s a horror trope we know well. The protagonist has a transplant (a heart, a brain or an arm usually) and they become possessed by the original owner’s spirit…
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August: Osage County (Belvoir) ★★★★★
“Thank God we can’t tell the future. We’d never get out of bed.”
