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Henry Lawson Theatre Inc: Where Words Once Were - Review by Daniel Conway
There is a phenomenon that happens in our brains when we acquire new language, it can change the way we understand the world. Take...
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Jul 31, 20243 min read


Macquarie Musical Society: Frankenstein the Musical - Review by Jessica Scopelliti
On a fateful night in 1816, a waking dream haunted seventeen-year-old Mary Shelley who was spending the summer amongst the most highly...
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Jul 31, 20244 min read


Castle Hill Players: Mrs Warren's Profession - Review by Daniel Conway
Art has the ability to strike at the heart of moral issues, to play with ambiguity in order to guide their audience through the minefield...
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Jul 30, 20243 min read


Old Fitz Theatre & Good Time Theatrics: Tick, Tick... BOOM! - Review by Dean McGrath
Beyond the dark stairwell at the back of the Old Fitzroy Hotel, you'll find a warm, bright intimate space that is the Old Fitz Theatre,...
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Jul 22, 20242 min read


Muse: Alice by heart - Review by Daniel Conway
Miriam Margolyes recently said she was worried about adults who still loved Harry Potter because those books are for children and we...
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Jul 20, 20244 min read


The Bugalugs Bum Thief - Review by Emily Hawkins
There’s something funny about bums. We all have them, polite society doesn’t like to talk about them, children are endlessly fascinated...
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Jul 19, 20243 min read


Circus Trick Tease: Children are Stinky - Review by Jacinta Kelly
Ladies and Jellybeans! Circus Trick Tease has crafted a rollicking, ridiculous ride that grabs the audience right from the start and, in...
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Jul 19, 20242 min read


TheRehearsal Room and High Cow Creatives: Singin' in the Rain - Review by Daniel Conway
I have always believed in playing to your strengths, don’t try and succeed where you know you are going to fail, rather chase success and...
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Jul 15, 20243 min read


Genesian Theatre: Hay Fever - Review by Rhonda Hancock
There is no such thing as a “normal” family. Every family is unique, some could even be considered a little odd or peculiar - in the way...
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Jun 27, 20243 min read


Hunters Hill Theatre: The Ballad of Maria Marten - Review by Lucy Giles
"The Ballad of Maria Marten," staged by Hunters Hill Theatre, is a captivating blend of the spooky, the funny, and the endearing. This...
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Jun 25, 20243 min read


Ensemble Theatre: Master Class - Review by Chelsea Holland
I’ve heard about Terrence McNally’s Tony-award-winning play Master Class for years but have never seen it staged. And now I realise why –...
danielconway0
Jun 25, 20243 min read


Holroyd Musical and Dramatic Society: Oliver! - Review by Jessica Green
Charles Dickens said, “A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” Oliver! by Holroyd Musical and Dramatic Society demonstrated a whole lot of...
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Jun 25, 20244 min read


Lingua Franca and BMEC Local Stages: Highway Of Lost Hearts - Review by Selina Wong
During the 4,500km journey through Australia’s outback, Mot manically flings a frozen kangaroo tail at a disgruntled shopkeeper in Alice...
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Jun 19, 20242 min read
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Purple Tape Productions: [Your Name] - Review by Daniel Conway
Some things get a bad reputation not because of any truth or reality, but because of the impression that some people outside a community...
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Jun 19, 20244 min read


North Shore Theatre Company: Footloose: Youth Edition - Review by Jessica Green
Theatre is powerful. We have known this for thousands of years. Whilst a newer variation, musical theatre combines music, dance and drama...
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Jun 18, 20244 min read


Castle Hill Players: Almost, Maine - Review by Rhonda Hancock
I always look forward to a visit to the Pavillion Theatre – the Castle Hill Players always deliver a good quality production – and this...
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May 30, 20243 min read


Hills Musical Theatre Company: Seussical - Review by Daniel Conway
Community theatre is the best. It is the place where most performers get to experiment and fall in love with the craft of acting. It is...
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May 29, 20244 min read


Glenbrook Players: Sherlock Holmes and the Call of Cthulhu - Review by Jessica Scopelliti
“We live on a placid island of ignorance, in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.” So...
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May 27, 20243 min read


Rising Arts Productions: American Psycho - Review by Faith Jessel
Satire and slaughter collide at the Illawarra Arts Centre, where being ‘Hip to be Square’ is the ultimate killer credential. Rising Arts...
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May 27, 20244 min read


Wiloughby Theatre Company: Jersey Boys - Review by Daniel Conway
Have you ever known someone who is so talented that you low key hate them. Like you don't hate them because they are so lovely and nice...
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May 20, 20245 min read
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