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dying for it

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“Shit on fire” is the favoured catchphrase of  Semyon Semyonovich, the self-centred suicide in Moira Buffini’s DYING FOR IT, but on opening night  it was a case of hair on fire as lead actress Jodine Muir’s follicles came far too …

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hay fever

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In the spirit of eight degrees of separation, I once did a play with an old actor called Alton Harvey, who once did a show with Noel Coward. When I asked what he was like to work with, he told …

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slutterati

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Part of the Sydney Fringe, SLUTTERATI by Michael Gottsche has been developed with the assistance of the New Theatre where it is currently being performed. Under Louise Fischer’s sure direction, the excellent cast bring to life the biting, satirical script …

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jerusalem

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When I learned that JERUSALEM ran for two hours and forty minutes with two intervals I groaned inwardly and steeled myself for a marathon. When the curtain came down on the opening performance I didn’t want it to end and …

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enron

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The collapse of energy trading giant Enron in 2001 was a bankruptcy of massive proportions, not just financially but also morally. The entire company was in thrall to its share price and would do anything to see it surge higher …

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the ham funeral

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THE HAM FUNERAL by Patrick White follows the activities of a group of characters in a decrepit, damp boarding house. The owners of the house, Mr and Mrs Lusty, rent out one upstairs room to a young man, the poet,

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