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Warning! The protagonist in Geoffrey Atherden’s new play is a creep of a man!

Atherden’s play is a portrait of scruffy, middle-aged artist Barry Smith, painting out his days, living a hermit like existence, in his bush studio.

In his

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doris day- so much more than the girl next door

MELINDA SCHNEIDER DOES DORIS DAY

It isn’t a tribute show, not a musical, it is just Melinda Schneider doing Doris Day in a narrative concert evening for the whole family.

Doris Day recorded 616 songs, starred, and sang in thirty-nine

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no man’s land

In Harold Pinter’s 1974 play NO MAN’S LAND two men in their sixties,one, Hirst, a distinguished man of letters, the other, Spooner, a failed poet, have been drinking in a London pub. Hirst is a man of means whilst Spooner

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shopping centres and gutters

This is not a full review, there’s no criticism and certainly not a conviction. These are only a few personal thoughts of a theatre professional groomed in a different cultural environment than Australia. Why no comprehensive review? Because I attended

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an ideal husband

My favourite Oscar Wilde quote?! How can one possibly choose just one gem from such a rich treasure trove of wit?! It’s hard to beat:’I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the

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our idiot brother

OUR IDIOT BROTHER (M) is the kind of title that usually has me running for cover, figuring it will be some gross out American teen puerility masquerading as mirth.

So it came as a pleasant surprise that OUR IDIOT BROTHER

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anonymous

ANONYMOUS (M) comes with inbuilt animosity. Acrimony will come from defendants of William Shakespeare who is accused of not being the author of the canon that has been attributed to him for the past four hundred years.

The premise that

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bell shakespeare’s ‘julius caesar’

William Shakespeare’s classic Roman tragedy JULIUS CAESAR was written and first performed at the newly created Globe theatre in London in 1599. The world that the Bard presents in JULIUS CAESAR is not so far from our own. One only

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women, power and culture-now

There are six plays under the WOMEN, POWER & CULTURE-NOW banner.

DREAMING OF A KISS ON A PIER is written by Suzie Miller and directed by Alice Livingstone. This very funny play is the best written in the WOMEN, POWER

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a new brain

What’s neuro, pussycat? Can a musical about brain surgery be entertaining?!

The grey celled squad from Squabbalogic prove that it’s a no brainer with their energetic production of A NEW BRAIN at Sidetrack Theatre.

Penned by the team behind Falsettos,

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