the divorce party: a mini inverted dimboola?

How many NIDA graduates from 2017 does it take to put on a play?

In the case of THE DIVORCE PARTY, the answer is three.

Set in a dingy forecourt of a Chinese restaurant, four disparate people commingle whilst taking …

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russian transport: a human traffic jam

Imagine Brighton Beach Memoirs evolving into Little Odessa, and you have something of the tone of Erika Sheffer’s RUSSIAN TRANSPORT.

The play begins with established Russian Jewish emigre couple to Brooklyn, New York, Diana and Misha, welcoming Diana’s brother, Boris, …

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spamalot : comic mayhem @ the hayes

SPAMALOT ‘lovingly ripped off’ from the 1975 film  Monty Python and the Holy Grail opened on Broadway in 2005, ran for 1,575 shows and grossed $175, 000,000 and winning 3 Tony awards. Strangely enough when the production came to Australia

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a peculiar river

Pompey Bum, who works for Mistress Overdone as a pimp, but disguises his profession by describing himself as a mere “tapster” (the equivalent of a modern bartender), avers to the imprisonment of Claudio and outrageously explains Claudio’s abhorrent sexual crime …

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the wizard of oz @ rockdale town hall

In an interesting bit of synchronicity, this year is the 80th anniversary of  Rockdale Musical Society  as well as it being the 80th anniversary of the original movie of THE WIZARD OF OZ

As family shows go, this is one …

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rabbit hole – giveaway to this pulitzer winning play

RABBIT HOLE by David Lindsay-Abaire, is a delicate and intimate work.   For Exit Game Productions, Christie Koppe directs this 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama.

RABBIT HOLE which tells the heart-breaking story of Becca and Howie Corbett who have everything a family …

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exit the king @ chippen street theatre

Theatre Excentrique under the informed , thoughtful direction of Anna Jahjah have brought to Sydney a fresh , exciting and challenging production of Eugene Ionesco’s EXIT THE KING , a classic example of his ‘absurdist’ works , in an updated …

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