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Challenging, quirky and exciting this is a visually stunning, sometimes breathtaking work. It is the first in this year’s Reginald season and the last in Sue Healey’s ‘Curiosities’ series. It explores the curious complexities of the human form, aiming to

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quiet companions

Marko Mustac has written, directed and starred in QUIET COMPANIONS, a play set in Victorian England. The two characters arrive for a gathering in a parlour but the other guests do not arrive. There is some introductory discussing of the

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the bryce is right

Bryce Halliday is a charming and confident entertainer who graduated from the Australian Institute of Music (AIM) in 2011. That makes him a very young performer and it is very impressive that he tackles weighty issues (marriage equality, conspiracy theorists),

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the iron lady

This movie has annoyed people on both sides of politics by treating Margaret Thatcher ‘lightly’. We see her as a young, idealistic woman, determined to do some good work in the world ( a charming performance from Alexandra Roach). We

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the sapphires

THE SAPPHIRES is a funny and very entertaining film. From the opening scene of two girls running through a flowering golden field to the sound of Credence’s RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE. It looks good and it sounds good.

We meet

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and if we all lived together?

Hollywood dynastic DNA is all over AND IF WE ALL LIVED TOGETHER? (M) (Et si vivait tous ensemble?), a fine French film that features Jane Fonda and Geraldine Chaplin.

Fonda plays Jeanne married to Albert (Pierre Richard). She is dealing

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in darkness

Agnieska Holland’s film IN DARKNESS (MA) conjures not only SCHINDLER’S LIST but Nathan Englander’s recent short story collection, WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANNE FRANK.

One may ask if everything has now been said on the subject

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money and friends at the genesians

On the surface, the characters in David Williamson’s 1991 play MONEY AND FRIENDS are intelligent, sophisticated, urbane folk!

Gathered together for their regular rendezvous at the beachside settlement of Crystal Inlet, they are fine, upstanding examples of responsible middle class

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magic mike

Imagine a brassier, bolder, glitzier THE FULL MONTY shelving Sheffield, England for Tampa, Florida and you have an idea of MAGIC MIKE.

Based loosely on the experiences of Channing Tatum who plays the titular character, it’s about a band of

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a chorus line

The classic 1975 Broadway musical, A CHORUS LINE, has an irresistible recipe, wonderful music together with a great storyline with a huge heart.

It was groundbreaking for its time in its documentary style, exploring the often troubled personal stories of

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