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Lally Katz' Minnie and Liraz an oddball romantic comedy with a dark edge
Sue Jones' brilliant performance as a larger-than-life demon grandma Liraz Her is a masterful comic creation that lifts the show as she schemes and scoots around the stage.
Sue Jones' brilliant performance as a larger-than-life demon grandma Liraz Her is a masterful comic creation that lifts the show as she schemes and scoots around the stage.
Genevieve Lemon and Darren Gilshenan bring a comic touch to characters famed for their no-holds-barred hostility.
Sydney Dance Company's double bill features some terrific dancing across both works.
Sue Jones' brilliant performance as a larger-than-life demon grandma Liraz Her is a masterful comic creation that lifts the show as she schemes and scoots around the stage.
A Queensland trial of the HIV prevention drug PrEP may sound like odd fodder for a cabaret and burlesque show about queer sex, but not for Regan Lynch.
Anna O'Byrne sings with enchanting beauty, and eventually crisp diction, as Eliza Doolittle, while Robyn Nevin is simply sublime as Henry Higgins' mother.
Sydney Dance Company's double bill features some terrific dancing across both works.
With a little help from Airbnb, Phillip Adams' BalletLab is bucking the trend.
The title of Limitless Dance Company's second season, SE7EN, is a reference to the 'sinful entities inside all of us'.
Anna O'Byrne sings with enchanting beauty, and eventually crisp diction, as Eliza Doolittle, while Robyn Nevin is simply sublime as Henry Higgins' mother.
It's the sort of compliment any actress would love to hear, especially from Julie Andrews.
This musical show never quite allows the balancing and the flying and the hula-hooping to overpower the young man's journey of discovery.
Shining performances and some interesting artistic choices make this a splendid double bill from Opera Australia. ★★★★½
The tiny 115-seat Hayes Theatre is getting a big reputation for staging musicals with top talent. Coming soon to the theatre: opera diva Emma Matthews, and musical theatre stars David Campbell and Toby Francis.
Theatre veteran John Bell is enjoying the challenge of directing Opera Australia's Cuban-inspired production of Carmen.
US President Donald Trump wasn't there to roast in person at the White House correspondents' dinner, but that didn't stop the evening's entertainer, Hasan Minhaj.
What could be more provocative than prancing around naked on stage? Talking back to critics.
Soon to turn 50, Frank Woodley rightly considers himself a seasoned veteran of Australian comedy. But the anxiety never goes away.
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