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Subtlenuance: Catherine at Avignon -Review by Daniel Conway
I was around 10 when I saw my first play. It was a production of "12 Angry Men" in Dublin while visiting family. I don't remember why...
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Aug 15, 20233 min read


Pymble Players: Table Manners - Review by Rebecca Johnson
If your family is anything like mine, you're likely well aware that a family gathering extends far beyond the mere duration of the visit...
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Aug 13, 20233 min read


Richmond Players: Capitan Moonlite - Review by Daniel Conway
I remember growing up and being in my high school history class, thinking there must be more that we aren't being told. The teaching of...
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Aug 9, 20233 min read


Arcadians Theatre Group: The Woman in Black - Review by Jessica Green
For many theatre companies, staging a play can be considered a risk, especially if they are known for their musicals. Simply put, they do...
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Aug 6, 20233 min read


Theatre on Chester: The Peach Season - Review by Jordan Anderson
I’m such a fan of Theatre on Chester; they have such a beautiful sense of community. Browsing through their program, it’s easy to see...
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Aug 1, 20233 min read


Castle Hill Players: In The Next Room Or The Vibrator Play - Review by Daniel Conway
Medical science is really fascinating and, at times, truly terrifying if you think about it. For a profession that we, as a collective,...
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Aug 1, 20233 min read


Packemin Productions: Les Misérables - Review by Daniel Conway
I have never understood people who don't go back and revisit media that they like. I can, and have watched the same movies and TV shows...
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Aug 1, 20235 min read


Henry Lawson Theatre Inc: All Sorts 2023 (Short Play Season) - Review by Matthew Doherty
Henry Lawson Theatre’s production of All Sorts delivers seven very different one-act plays. They range from being very funny, to very...
danielconway0
Jul 10, 20233 min read


Genesian Theatre: Bronte - Review by Jordan Anderson
The works of the Brontë sisters live in our collective mind, whether or not we’ve read them, their influence on society is palpable and...
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Jul 5, 20232 min read


Hunters Hill Theatre: When Dad Married Fury - Review by Joshua Straw
I remember having to perform David Willamson’s The Removalists in high school, and how much I enjoyed seeing and being part of something...
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Jun 19, 20234 min read


Carrot and Stick Productions: Rabbits on a Red Planet - Review by Daniel Conway
I am not a person who is surprised very often; I am just not trained to be used to it. My birthday is so close to Christmas that people...
danielconway0
Jun 11, 20233 min read


Miranda Musical Theatre Company: The Addams Family - Review by Joshua Straw
Almost everyone knows about the wickedly wild inversion of the ideal family known as the Addams Family, and if you do not, then you are...
danielconway0
Jun 10, 20235 min read


The Regals Musical Society: Carrie - Review by Jeffrey Victorino
As a high school teacher, I see every day how interactions between teenagers can be quite confronting. When people don’t understand...
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Jun 10, 20233 min read


Castle Hill Players: 33 Variations - Review by Jordan Anderson
It starts pianissimo, with a slow-building tremolo of rolling chords in the left hand, and then finally, a soaring melody rings...
danielconway0
Jun 9, 20233 min read


Genesian Theatre - The Hound of the Baskervilles Review by Jessica Scopelliti
When you walk towards The Genesian Theatre lit up by a wide, waxing moon on a winter’s night in Sydney, a good amount of theatrical...
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Jun 4, 20233 min read


Hills Musical Theatre Company: Peter Pan - Review by Annalise Pittman
As one of Disney's most beloved movies, it is no surprise that ‘Peter Pan’ has also become a much-loved musical. A well-known story with...
danielconway0
May 29, 20233 min read


Henry Lawson Theatre: Love’s Labours Lost - Review by Annalise Pittman
“A hardeth task it is to doth perform a play lest known by the bard himself” said Shakespeare about performing his plays… well he didn’t...
danielconway0
May 21, 20232 min read


Pymble Players: Things I Know To Be True - Review by Holky Bramble
On my first visit to the Pymble Players, I felt like I had discovered a special place. The front of house volunteers provided a warm...
danielconway0
May 20, 20232 min read


Blackout Theatre Company: The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Review by Nicole Madden
I’m sure almost everyone remembers the first Disney movie they ever watched and that feeling of being completely transported into the...
danielconway0
May 19, 20236 min read


Lane Cove Theatre Company: Assassins - Review by Daniel Conway
A common complaint I have heard about theatre in Australia is that too often it is the same shows trotted out over and over again, with...
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May 15, 20234 min read
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