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Rebuilding bridges between art and work
The Bridge Projects involves a unique interplay between life and art.
- by Cameron Woodhead
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Award-winning Broken proves strength of its script
Winner of the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Prize for Drama, Mary Anne Butler’s Broken is a slippery and unsettling three-hander.
- by Cameron Woodhead
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The difference between directing a funeral and directing theatre
In The Director , Turnbull and Thoms explore many elements of the death industry, including the smell of a crematorium, the tools of the mortuary and when to drive a tractor into a chapel.
- by Anne-Marie Peard
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Supernatural feminist fable comes of age
Feminist parable, supernatural quest and queer coming of age story combine in this striking new play with an offbeat edge.
- by Cameron Woodhead
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Canberra life
'Superbly cocky': McKenna shines in Rep's 'One Man, Two Guvnors'
Never mind the plot. It’s the energy that matters in this great end of year show.
- by Alanna Maclean
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Phillips directs hilarious Twelfth Night for Melbourne Theatre Company
Simon Phillips’ production of Twelfth Night remains highly anticipated, as anyone who has seen him direct Shakespeare for the MTC will know.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Things go wrong in Catherine Tate's live show - but not to its detriment
The performance essentially plays like an extended version of a TV episode - with bloopers.
- by Craig Platt
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Canberra life
Jury detective work key in 'oppressive and tense' staging of a classic
How the dynamics of the jury play out over the 90 minutes of the piece is the fascinating thing.
- by Alanna Maclean
Hamlet deconstructed at the end of the world
An acquired taste, this one, but at least Hamlet Apocalypse does what it says on the box.
- by Cameron Woodhead
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Canberra life
'Exclusion' a melancholy comedy navigating changing sexual seas
A fine cast tackles the script with sensitivity and humour.
- by Alanna Maclean
Astroman's warmth and poignancy appeals to all
Now on stage at Arts Centre Melbourne, Astroman is a colourful coming-of-age story.
- by Cameron Woodhead