gods and little fishes : the next play at the new

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n June 1960, travelling salesman Bazil Thorne won 100,000 pounds in the Opera House Lottery.

Five weeks later jubilation turned to tragedy when Bazil’s eight-year-old son Graeme was kidnapped and held to ransom.

On 16 August, 1960, Graeme’s body …

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son of byblos : a compelling family drama

The play’s title refers to the Lebanese city of Byblos, one of the oldest cities in the world. The main character, Adam,  is a celebrated son of Byblos, in that Elazzi has written a play about him. There is no …

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silenced : silent no longer

“Hello  darkness, my old friend/I’ve come to talk with you again/Because a vision softly creeping/Left its seeds while I was sleeping/and the vision that was planted in my brain/still remains/within the sounds of silence’  Paul Simon ‘The Sound of Silence. 

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media call : an american in paris

After successful seasons in Brisbane and Melbourne AN AMERICAN IN PARIS has finally arrived ion Sydsney.

The Media Call was unusual in a number of aspects.

Firstly, the venue was kept a secret until the night before the media call.

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unqualified 2 : still unqualified : a darn good show

In 2018, the hugely talented Genevieve Hegney and Catherine Moore co-wrote and performed their first comedy show Unqualified at the Ensemble Theatre.  It was refreshingly enjoyable and received glowing reviews.

After years of Covid setbacks affecting theatre and travel, Hegney

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the drover’s wife: the legend of molly johnson

Want to accuse Leah Purcell of cultural appropriation? Go for your life.

Her appropriation of Henry Lawson’s short story, The Drover’s Wife, reworking it, redefining it, into THE DROVER’S WIFE: THE LEGEND OF MOLLY JOHNSON is an entirely appropriate and

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