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danielconway0
11 hours ago4 min read
PACA Productions: The Little Mermaid - Review by Tracy Payne
Pan Academies of Creative Arts' production of "The Little Mermaid" has brought the beloved Disney classic to life with enthusiasm and...
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danielconway0
11 hours ago4 min read
Miranda Musical Theatre Company: Georgy Girl: The Seekers Musical - Review by Trish & Raven Swinkels
With superior harmonies and an emotional journey which pulls at the heartstrings, Miranda Musical’s world amateur premiere of ‘Georgy...
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danielconway0
5 days ago4 min read
Genesian Theatre: Macbeth – Review by Rowan Greaves
One of the many challenges of staging Shakespeare’s Macbeth - or, as I like it call it, The King, The Thane, His Wife, and the Witches –...
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danielconway0
5 days ago2 min read
Hunters Hill Theatres: Sylvia - Review by Astra Milne
It's not an uncommon story: a middle-aged man on the brink of an existential crisis, finding solace in a younger female, and thus...
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danielconway0
Feb 192 min read
Castle Hill Players: Improbable Fiction - Review by Daniel Conway
I am happy to be proven wrong when it comes to theatre. It is always a pleasant surprise when I have expectations, and they manage to be...
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Jordan Anderson
Feb 163 min read
Regals Musical Society: Head Over Heels - Review by Faith Jessel
Love is love is love—and Regals Musical Society’s Head Over Heels wears its heart on its sequined sleeve like it’s going out of style. An...
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danielconway0
Feb 14 min read
Be sure to Go-Go see this NSW Premiere at the Rockdale Town Hall this February
In this NSW PREMIERE, an oracle prophesizes that the kingdom of Arcadia will soon lose its “Beat”—the mysterious, divine force that has...
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danielconway0
Jan 193 min read
Genesian Theatre: An Inspector Calls - Review by Kimberlea Smith
A drawing room play that asks what we owe to one another, J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls is a scathing indictment of the British...
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danielconway0
Jan 183 min read
Antipodes Theatre Company and Hays Theatre Co: Ghost Quartet - Review by Daniel Conway
Photos courtesy of Angel Legas/ 3 Fates Media I had never seen a song cycle before attending the opening night of Ghost Quartet at the...
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danielconway0
Dec 16, 202414 min read
2024: The 4th Wall Theatre Awards
Firstly I am going to address a misnomer. These are not awards in the strictest sense of the word. How could I or anyone else designate a...
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danielconway0
Dec 7, 20243 min read
Ensemble Theatre: The Heartbreak Choir - Review by Faith Jessel
When words fail, music speaks—a sentiment that forms the very core of The Heartbreak Choir. With a blend of comedy and pathos, the late,...
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danielconway0
Nov 25, 20242 min read
Penrith Musical Comedy Company: Into the Woods - Review by Kevin Rodrigueza
Into the Woods makes its way to Penrith Musical Comedy Company, inviting audiences once more through a mystifying forest with the iconic...
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danielconway0
Nov 25, 20243 min read
Hunters Hill Theatre: Mother and Son - Review by Helen Bell
Christine Rule and Brenton Amies have been perfectly cast as Mother and Son Maggie and Arthur Beare. Without mimicking or parodying the...
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danielconway0
Nov 25, 20246 min read
Camden Musical Society: Little Shop of Horrors - Review by Simon Peppercorn
Little Shop of Horrors has a fascinating history. First staged off-off-Broadway in 1982, it began as an inventive retelling of a...
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danielconway0
Nov 19, 20243 min read
Henry Lawson Theatre: Clue - Review by Daniel Conway
There is something to be said for being original. When theatre is new, exciting, and cutting-edge, it can feel important. This being...
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danielconway0
Nov 19, 20242 min read
Castle Hill Players: Grand Horizons – Review by Rowan Greaves
Plays often begin with what’s known as ‘an inciting incident’: a surprising occurrence from which the action springs. Bess Wohl’s play...
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danielconway0
Nov 19, 20242 min read
ZAP at the Factory Theatre: HAIR – Review by Rowan Greaves
As someone who loves HAIR, originally subtitled “The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical”, news of a new production can fill me with...
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danielconway0
Nov 13, 20243 min read
Holroyd Musical and Dramatic Society: The Wedding Singer - Review by Daniel Conway
Adaptations are tricky; they require you to be true to the original while creating something truly unique. Some musicals based on beloved...
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Jordan Anderson
Nov 12, 20244 min read
Hills Musical Theatre Company: Strictly Ballroom - Review by Jordan Anderson
‘Strictly Ballroom’ has always had a strong connection to the stage, starting as a self-devised performance piece by Baz Luhrmann and his...
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danielconway0
Nov 9, 20242 min read
It was Henry Lawson Theatre Co, in the Theatre space with an adaptation of a beloved comedy
It will be to your advantage to be present as a Mr. Boddy will bring to an end a certain longstanding question: Who did it, where and...
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