Tag: World Premiere
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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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Hot Tub (Belvoir 25a) ★★★★
Crass, crazy and thoroughly entertaining – you could do a lot worse than end your theatrical year watching Lewis Treston’s crime-family comedy, Hot Tub.
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People Will Think You Don’t Love Me (KXT Broadway) ★★★★
It’s a horror trope we know well. The protagonist has a transplant (a heart, a brain or an arm usually) and they become possessed by the original owner’s spirit…
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Oscar (Australian Ballet) ★★★★½
Through the opulent beauty of choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and composer Joby Talbot’s original ballet, Oscar, presents Oscar Wild’s story through a romantic lens with an eye on his legacy.
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Gilgamesh (Carriageworks) ★★★½
Gilgamesh is a feast of visual imagination, utterly stunning to behold.
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The Queen’s Nanny (Ensemble Theatre) ★★★★
The more I think about The Queen’s Nanny, the more it makes me smile.
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The Arrogance (KXT on Broadway) ★★★½
Olivia Clement’s The Arrogance is a gentle, and handsomely staged, look at the contradictions of abusive parents and the way adults deal with childhood trauma.
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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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Dracula (Sydney Theatre Co) ★★★★
Sydney Theatre Company’s Dracula isn’t just theatre, it’s an event and a milestone.
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American Signs (Sydney Theatre Co) ★★★★
No one likes management consultants. Even management consultants don’t like management consultants. It takes a performer of unique empathy to make us care for The Consultant and thankfully Catherine Văn-Davies is dynamic in this one-person show.
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