Tag: reviews
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Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen (Sydney Opera House) ★★★★½
Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen is less a play about a stand-up comic than it is a magic show in its own right.
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Peter & the Starcatcher (Capitol Theatre) ★★★★
If, like me, you’re a sucker for fairy lights and the odd fart joke, you’ll love this Peter Pan prequel.
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Aria (Ensemble) ★★★★
Aria seems like a broad comedy, but it could just as easily be a wildlife documentary.
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Mardi Gras Film Festival 2025 Reviews & Interviews
Again this year I’m reviewing films at Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival for The Queer Review. As many of the films have already been reviewed at different festivals around the world, I’ve created this page to collate the reviews and interviews as well. This page will be updated as more reviews are published.
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Jacky (Belvoir) ★★★★★
The starting gun for the 2025 Sydney theatre season has definitely sounded.
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Pride & Prejudice (Old Fitz) ★★½
This lo-fi adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic witty romance Pride & Prejudice has all the hallmarks of a fringe darling.
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Converted (ATYP) ★★½
Converted needs more time to discover what it really is and what it really wants to say.
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Ghost Quartet (Hayes) ★★★½
Do not come to Ghost Quartet expecting a conventional piece of musical theatre.
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The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale (State Theatre) ★★
As we approached the third hour, I was rooting for Sauron to win.
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William Yang: Milestone (Sydney Festival) ★★★★
Like listening to an older relative repeat a beloved story, there is warmth in the familiarity and a mythic quality to Yang’s retelling.
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