and then there were none

The whodunit, murder mystery genre, remains as popular as ever, with both actors and audiences. There are numerous attractions, perhaps the biggest being that it’s a chance for audience members to play amateur sleuths, as the actors collaboratively, and with

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i love you because

Lyricist Ryan Cunningham and composer Joshua Salzman were fellow music theatre students at NYU when they put together their show, ‘I Love You Because’, which has been described as a musical retelling of the Jane Austen novel, ‘Pride and Prejudice’

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gwen in purgatory

Prolific young Australian playwright Tommy Murphy’s latest play ‘Gwen In Purgatory’, receiving its premiere production upstairs at Belvoir Street, is a compelling slice of life drama.

His play takes us into the world of the Houlihan family of Queenbeyan, at

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august:osage county -reviewer david kary

Sydney audiences are currently in the privileged position of having the opportunity to see the original cast in a Tony award winning production by Chicago’s legendary Steppenwolf theatre company, under the direction of Anna D. Shapiro, of Tracy Lett’s 2008

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princess ivona

Are you looking for a charming, quirky theatre experience?! Then the work being put out by the Dinner with a View theatre company may just be what you’re looking for.

Earlier this year this innovative local theatre company founded a

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the comedy of errors

William Shakespeare’s magical play ‘The Comedy Of Errors’ starts in Ephesus with a death sentence on the aged Syracusan merchant, Aegeon, whose family had been separated many years earlier in a shipwreck. During the shipwreck his wife, Aemilia and one

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from chekhov with love

Steam Productions triple bill of short Chekhov plays, under the umbrella title, ‘From Chekhov With Love’ makes for a relaxed, humorous night at the theatre.

In ‘The Jubilee’, (director Gavin Williams), Lynden Jones plays a pompous bank manager in a

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brilliant lies

The Guild Theatre at Rockdale is currently home to a satisfying revival of David Williamson’s play about sexual harrassment in the workplace, ‘Brilliant Lies’. In a quirky bit of timing, the Guild’s production opened around the same time that Kristy

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between us

New York playwright Joe Hortua’s 2004 play ‘Between Us’ explores familiar dramatic territory, charting the story of people who see the dreams and vitality of their youth come up against the tough realities of adult life and responsibility.

As fellow

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woyzeck

Young Israeli director Netta Yaschin’s fresh, vital revival of German playwright Georg Buchner’s classic 19th century drama ‘Woyzeck’ is the latest play in Belvoir’s B Sharp 2010 season.

The protagonist in Buchner’s play, first performed in Munich in 1913, is

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