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Review: Two-hander sails along in escalating saga of romantic mishaps
This tumultuous family drama is drawn from a lived experience of intergenerational and cultural conflict.
- by Cameron Woodhead
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Stage shows
Contessa Treffone roasts Sydney's food obsession in Fully Committed
“I hope audiences can have a chuckle about the side [of high-end dining] that is sometimes a bit over the top"
- by Nicole Elphick
Spectrum
A quiet word with Kenneth Lonergan, master of the unexpected
The acclaimed US writer/director has long been a local favourite.
- by John Bailey
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Arts
Review: The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes
Back to Back Theatre's new show dives into a spiky philosophical exploration of some intractable failures of human imagination.
- by Cameron Woodhead
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Arts
Quixotic Palestinian drama lost in translation
This whimsical work from Amir Nizar Zuabi loses fuel performed in English rather than Arabic.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Sydney Theatre Company
Going beyond black and white
Playwright Anchuli Felicia King understands the way the world is shaped by conflicting narratives.
- by Neha Kale
Melbourne Festival
Come for the samosa, stay for the show
Asha Jain and her son Ravi co-star as themselves in Brimful of Asha, about Asha's attempts to find Ravi a wife.
- by Hannah Francis
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Melbourne Festival
Wonders never cease
Wonders is delivered with such charisma and contagious enthusiasm, it will leave you wanting – even as the seemingly impossible happens before them – to believe your eyes.
- by Cameron Woodhead
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Melbourne Festival
Sentimental storytelling lessens show's musical power
Cora Bissett’s What Girls Are Made Of falls into a hole between live music gig and theatricalised memoir.
- by Cameron Woodhead
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Melbourne Festival
Strange and captivating odyssey
An exhilarating, visually and sonically immersive sci-fi experience.
- by Cameron Woodhead
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Melbourne Festival
Black is the new white for Australian social satire
The cast takes to the central comedy of manners with a dynamic, infectious sense of fun that had the opening night audience in gales of laughter.
- by Cameron Woodhead