Tag: Sydney Opera House
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Interview: Director Gary Abrahams on Yentl. “Sometimes you need to be self destructive to become who you’re meant to be.”
I got to have a brief chat with director Gary Abrahams who took a break from directing his new play to answer some of my questions about Yentl at the Sydney Opera House.
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Sunset Boulevard (Silvie’s Version) (Sydney Opera House) ★★★★½
I wanted to see Silvie Paladino in the role of Norma Desmond. So I trundled down to the Opera House on a balmy autumnal Sydney night for another hit of old Hollywood.
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UnWrapped: AUTO-TUNE (Sydney Opera House) ★★★★★
Re:group performance collective deliver their most emotionally engaging show to date.
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Sunset Boulevard (Sarah’s Version) (Sydney Opera House) ★★★★
Sunset Boulevard is big, it’s the other musicals that got small.
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UnWrapped: Class Act (Sydney Opera House) ★★★½
Mish Grigor’s Class Act uses the tale of My Fair Lady to attack the insidious class divide in Australia, and particularly the arts industry.
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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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Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan (Sydney Opera House) ★★★★
If you’re a student of queer Australian history, this is an enlightening look at our own story. For lovers of choral work, it’s a fresh Australian piece. With so few performances I’d urge you to rush out and see it.
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Interview: Watershed’s Historical Consultant Tim Reeves & Co-Librettist Alana Valentine.
Tim Reeves, the show’s Historical Consultant, and playwright Alan Valentine, the show’s co-librettist, took some time out to help set the scene and answer some questions about the Adelaide Festival hit.
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Romeo & Juliet Suite (Sydney Opera House) ★★★★
“Specificity” is the first word that comes to mind after watching Benjamin Millepied’s Romeo & Juliet Suite. Specificity in the movement, intention, camera-work and even the way it uses the Sydney Opera House itself.