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Good Cook. Friendly. Clean review: Perhaps it's the play that should be homeless

Good Cook. Friendly. Clean review: Perhaps it's the play that should be homeless

Brooke Robinson's tale of homeless Sandra did not deserve a home on the stage

  • by John Shand

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Shirley Valentine review: Sharon Millerchip lives the role

Shirley Valentine review: Sharon Millerchip lives the role

Sharon Millerchip​ is not playing Shirley Valentine, she's living her.

  • by John Shand
A modern fable of domestic violence

A modern fable of domestic violence

Angus Cerini's multiple award-winning play The Bleeding Tree is part fable, part darkly humorous murder ballad.

  • by Kylie Northover
The Sugar House review: With further refinement it could hit true sweet spot

The Sugar House review: With further refinement it could hit true sweet spot

The generations of Macreadie women fight for their place in inner Sydney's Pyrmont

  • by John Shand
A delightfully staged and affectionate tribute to a genuine eccentric
Theatre reviews

A delightfully staged and affectionate tribute to a genuine eccentric

This charming play tells the story of New York socialite Florence Foster Jenkins, who didn't let a lack of talent stop her from singing opera.

  • by Peter Wilkins
The Bleeding Tree: can a murder ever be beautiful?
Canberra life

The Bleeding Tree: can a murder ever be beautiful?

When is doing wrong, doing right? This powerful play makes us question our views on domestic violence.

  • by Karen Hardy
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The audience joins the actors on stage for this Patrick White story
Canberra life

The audience joins the actors on stage for this Patrick White story

In The Aspirations of Daise Morrow, the cast, the musicians and the audience are on a patch of grass under a canvas representing the sky.

  • by Ron Cerabona
Blanc de Blanc is a bawdy bouquet of froth and bubble
Canberra life

Blanc de Blanc is a bawdy bouquet of froth and bubble

The Spiegeltent show Blanc de Blanc isn't perfect but if it's a fun night out of revelry you're after this should fit the bill nicely.

  • by Peter Wilkins
Carmen Live or Dead review: Carmen through the picture frame

Carmen Live or Dead review: Carmen through the picture frame

A musical, hermaphrodite love-child of Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky.

  • by Reviewed by John Shand
Sound and silence: Personal straddles autobiographical story
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Performing arts

Sound and silence: Personal straddles autobiographical story

The only hearing member of a deaf family, Jodee Mundy is perfectly placed to open a door to the world of silence.

  • by Cameron Woodhead
Still Point Turning: Catherine McGregor's gripping journey to the point of no return

Still Point Turning: Catherine McGregor's gripping journey to the point of no return

Still Point Turning: The Catherine McGregor Story

  • by Joyce Morgan