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Wicked (Sydney Lyric) ★★★★★
Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. Book by Winnie Holzman. Based on the book by Gregory Maguire. Sydney Lyric. 25 Aug – 31 Dec 2023. Whoever thought the tale of an unlikely friendship between a green domestic terrorist and a blonde collaborator, who fall in love with the same Shiz-tagram thirst-trap would be one of…
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The Dismissal (Seymour Centre) ★★★★
Book by Blake Erickson and Jay James-Moody, Music and Lyrics by Laura Murphy, Conceived by Jay James-Moody. World Premiere. Seymour Centre. 31 Aug – 21 Oct 2023. Squabbalogic’s time-travelling new musical, The Dismissal, is an assault on your senses (and memories) as it retells the story of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam’s demise. It’s an insane…
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Exposed (Sydney Opera House) ★★★1/2
Choreographed & directed by Michelle Ryan. Restless Dance Theatre. Sydney Opera House 30 Aug – 3 Sep, 2023. Exposed, the new piece by Restless Dance Theatre, unpicks the moments of daily life, and our interactions with others. Inspired by a moment from Artistic Director Michelle Ryan’s life, Exposed looks at the combination of vulnerability and…
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Miss Saigon (Sydney Opera House) ★★★★★
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg. Lyrics by Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. Book by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil. Dame Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House. 17 Aug – 13 Oct, 2023. Full review up on The Queer Review.
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The Hollow (Genesian Theatre) ★★★
Written by Agatha Christie. Genesian Theatre Company. 19 Aug – 23 Sep, 2023. After seeing both The Mousetrap and Witness for the Prosecution in the last year, I’ve been keen to see more of Agatha Christie’s plays. The Hollow is an adaptation of the Hercule Poirot novel of the same name, sans Poirot – a…
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The Approach (Flight Path Theatre) ★★★
Written by Mark O’Rowe. Flight Path Theatre. 16 Aug – 2 Sep, 2023. Mark O’Rowe’s The Approach became something of a Covid lock down hit when it was streamed live from Dublin. A circular tale of three women, having three conversations that mimic and loop around each other to slowly reveal the inner lives of…
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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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Murder for Two (Hayes Theatre) ★★★★★
Music & book by Joe Kinosian, lyrics & book by Kellen Blair. Hayes Theatre. 4 Aug – 3 Sep, 2023. I’m just going to come out and say what I’m thinking. Murder for Two is the best thing I’ve seen at the Hayes Theatre in years. It’s exactly the kind of show the venue is…
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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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Interview: Seann Miley Moore star of Miss Saigon.
I got to have a quick, but far reaching conversation with Seann Miley Moore about Opera Australia’s upcoming production of Miss Saigon at the Sydney Opera House. Gender, race, musicals – it’s all in there. Read the interview over on The Queer Review.
