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Olivier Awards 2024 Winners mini-reviews
I was lucky enough to catch some of the eventual Olivier Award 2024 winners when I was in London last year. I’m putting some of my mini reviews of the winners here. These were all written in 2023.
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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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Mercury Poisoning (KXT on Broadway) ★★★1/2
You can’t accuse Madeleine Stedman’s Mercury Poisoning of lacking ambition.
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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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