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North Shore Theatre Company: Spies Are Forever - Review by Daniel Conway
It is amazing how memories of specific moments in your life can be triggered by the smallest things. Forever, the smell of a fireplace...
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Mar 14, 20244 min read
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Yellow Line Theatre: Beaudy - Review by Tracy Payne
There is nothing sleepy about Michael Orland’s adaptation of Sleeping Beauty. With an Australian setting and a constant undercurrent of...
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Feb 16, 20244 min read
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Regals bring Monty Python to a new generation with their juniors' edition of Spamalot
About the show This hilarious musical, based on the beloved film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," introduces a new generation (10-18...
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Feb 15, 20243 min read
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Paca Productions: In The Heights - Review by Benjamin Oliver
As a proud Latino man, I was stoked when I got the opportunity to come up to the Concourse Theatre in Chatswood to watch “In the...
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Feb 4, 20244 min read
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Hornsby Musical Society: Jersey Boys - Review by Selina Wong
You know you’ve watched a good show when the first thing you do is search for the soundtrack on Spotify and go down the rabbit hole of...
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Nov 12, 20233 min read
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Hills Musical Theatre Company: Catch Me If You Can - Review by Jess Green
I had never seen Catch Me if You Can the movie, and had never seen or listened to the musical based on it, ever. But if it’s anything...
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Nov 11, 20234 min read
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Bankstown Theatre Company: Into The Woods - Review by Josh Straw
Sondheim is challenging - objectively so. His songs are some of the most lyrically demanding and complex pieces to perform, and every...
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Nov 5, 20234 min read
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Blackout Theatre: Heathers - Review by Nicole Smith
Blackout Theatre's production of 'Heathers: The Musical is a powerful journey into the darker side of high school life, and it is...
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Oct 22, 20233 min read
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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
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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
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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...
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Jun 11, 20233 min read
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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...
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Jun 10, 20235 min read
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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
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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...
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May 29, 20233 min read
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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...
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May 19, 20236 min read
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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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Camden Musical Society: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Review by Nicole Madden
As someone who grew up on musicals, it’s a surprise I’d never actually seen Chitty Chitty Bang Bang before sitting down to see Camden...
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May 13, 20233 min read
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Willoughby Theatre Company: The Sound of Music - Review by Daniel Conway
Nostalgia can be really powerful when it comes to how we judge things. Nothing will ever taste as good as the pizza from your childhood...
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May 13, 20234 min read
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Penrith Musical Comedy Company: Little Shop of Horrors - Review by Daniel Conway
Cult hits are funny in that they can be so well-known but also kind of niche. So many musicals live in this space. They are either...
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May 7, 20233 min read
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Holroyd Musical & Dramatic Society: The Producers - Review by Daniel Conway
One of the best things about comedy is that it's something that rewards rewatching, particularly when that comedy has broad appeal. You...
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May 6, 20234 min read
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