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Present Laughter (NT Live) ★★★★★
It’s a rare thing these days to watch a production without a bad note.
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The Past is a Wild Party (Qtopia) ★★★★
Queer lit collides with queer life in Noëlle Janaczewska’s one-woman show, The Past is a Wild Party.
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Hamlet (Opera Australia) ★★★★
It’s nice to see another fresh piece spice up the Opera Australia repertoire.
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In The Heights (Sydney Opera House) ★★★½
There just isn’t a better venue to “look at the fireworks” than the Opera House.
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Cost of Living (Sydney Theatre Co.) ★★★½
Cost of Living is not a play about inflation or Coles & Woolies gouging consumers. No, this is Martyna Majok’s 2018 Pulitzer Prize winning play about four people navigating complex physical, emotional and financial relationships.
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Little Women (Hayes) ★★★
Little Women at the Hayes strips the show back to the core with an abstract staging that puts the focus on the words and vocals.
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Too Human (KXT on Broadway) ★★½
Part ‘Percy Jackson’, part 80s teen sex farce, Too Human is funny as long as you don’t think about it too deeply.
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Sunday Service (Gingers) ★★★★★
I don’t believe in god but I do believe in Musical Theatre, and the new Sunday Service, run by Sister Sarah Murr and Sydney Cabaret is a revelation.
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swim (Griffin) ★★★½
In Ellen van Neerven’s swim everything is fluid. Memory, emotion and, of course, water.
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Counting & Cracking (Belvoir) ★★★★★
Not that Counting & Cracking needs another five star review this late in its lifespan – but I’m happy to give it one for posterity.
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