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Penrith Musical Comedy Company: We Will Rock You - Review by Selina Wong
We Will Rock You is one of those well known musicals people love to hate but you cannot ignore its endearing charm. Penrith Musical...
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May 133 min read
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Bankstown Theatre Company: They're Playing Our Song - Review by Daniel Conway
Full disclosure, I had never heard of this show before. I walked into the Bryan Brown Theatre totally blind and with no expectations....
danielconway0
May 133 min read
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UNSW Musical Theatre Society: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Review by Chelsea Holland
Unlike most people in the audience for UNSW Musical Theatre Society’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee yesterday (at least by...
danielconway0
Mar 293 min read
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Lane Cove Theatre Company: If/Then - Review by Kimberlea Smith
If/Then is a Sliding Doors -esque musical that examines how the choices we make - or don’t make - shape our lives. The show follows...
danielconway0
Mar 263 min read
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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...
danielconway0
Mar 234 min read
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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...
danielconway0
Mar 234 min read
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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 –...
danielconway0
Mar 184 min read
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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...
danielconway0
Mar 182 min read
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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...
danielconway0
Feb 192 min read
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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...
danielconway0
Jan 193 min read
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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...
danielconway0
Jan 183 min read
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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,...
danielconway0
Dec 7, 20243 min read
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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...
danielconway0
Nov 25, 20242 min read
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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...
danielconway0
Nov 25, 20243 min read
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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...
danielconway0
Nov 25, 20246 min read
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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...
danielconway0
Nov 19, 20243 min read
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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...
danielconway0
Nov 19, 20242 min read
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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...
danielconway0
Nov 19, 20242 min read
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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...
danielconway0
Nov 13, 20243 min read
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Rogue Projects/ Old Fitz Theatre Present: The Female of the Species - Review by Sherene B. Mitchell
If you are looking for a fantastic night out at the theatre, with laughs a-plenty, then look no further; Joanna Murray-Smith’s The Female...
danielconway0
Nov 8, 20243 min read
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