amadeus : compelling theatre

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Brilliant writer and social commentator Gore Vidal (1925-2012) was of the great wits of his time. There’s a Vidal quote which I love, which I am reminded of, when watching this current production of AMADEUS at the Sydney …

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othering @ casula powerhouse

LITTLE BIG WOMEN PRODUCTIONS will premiere Debra  Keenahan’s provocative one-woman performance work, OTHERING will play the Casula Powerhouse from 13th to 15th January at Casula  Powerhouse Arts Centre as part of the 2023 Sydney  Festival. 

Keenahan’s provocative one-woman

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the woman and the car : no cruise control

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Sydney has some great fringe theatre venues. One of them is 107 Projects, 107 Redfern Street, Redfern. 

107 Projects is a creative arts space with a small, hippy warehouse feel about it. There is a little ‘cafe’ on

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boxing day bbq : well done

 

The Ensemble Theatre has ended the year very neatly with two festive themed plays running in tandem, both by Sydney playwrights. They are Hilary Bell’s A Christmas Carol, already reviewed, and Sam O’Sullivan’s BOXING DAY BBQ.

Over the years, …

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a brief chat with theatre great john bell

Q. John, your daughter Hilary has been writing plays for many years now, going back to ‘Wolf Lullaby’ and ‘Fortune’ at the Stables Theatre. How long has the idea been brewing for you to act in one of her new

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the dismissal will premiere in august 2023 @ seymour centre

Fans of politics, comedy, musicals and razor-sharp satire will revel in the all singing, all  dancing, and all mud-slinging retelling of Canberra’s most controversial moment, as the brand-new, original Australian musical THE DISMISSAL finally makes its long-awaited world premiere from

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