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Free travel, money and men aplenty: why single women flocked to Australia
After months at sea in the 1830s, the new arrivals’ first rude awakening was a pack of baying men.
- by Sonia Harford
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‘Changing hearts and minds’: MTC picks first woman artistic director
Anne-Louise Sarks is one of Australian theatre’s most sought-after talents, having directed work in Sydney, London and Europe.
- by Nick Miller
★★★★½
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Deliciously complex: Don’t miss this thoughtful study of racism
In a consistently funny but thoughtful production, Yellow Face comes to playful, acerbic, and sometimes poignant life.
- by Cassie Tongue
★★★½
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Walls come crashing down when lust is mistaken for love
Joanna Murray-Smith’s 26-year-old play is already a timeless classic.
- by John Shand
After near-death experience, Belvoir is throwing a three-week party
Belvoir St Theatre reveals bold plans for the future, including its first-ever mini-festival with comedians Judith Lucy, Zoe Coombes-Marr and Eddie Perfect.
- by Linda Morris
★★★½
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Vital, intimate and sexy: MTC’s Berlin is a smart romantic thriller
If this humorous, intelligent play has a flaw, it’s that the romance is modern and credible, but the thriller plot less convincing.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Dark family story makes an unlikely hit musical
Bringing Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir Fun Home to the stage has been a weighty - and joyful - task for Sydney Theatre Company.
- by Cassie Tongue
The top 10 ways to use your Dine and Discover vouchers in Sydney
Sydneysiders have until June 30 to use their state government entertainment vouchers. Let our critics point you to the best.
- by John McDonald, Valerie Lawson and Nick Galvin
The shadow of war asked a question it took writing a play to answer
Should we forget or remember the horrors of the past? It took a trip to Berlin for playwright Joanna Murray-Smith to begin to answer that question.
- by Catherine Lambert
★★★½
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How do you tell a mate how you feel?
Fag/Stag is a platonic love story that honours the complexity of male relationships.
- by Cassie Tongue
Crime and thrills in a ’60s sanctuary recalled for festival show
A new play premiering for Melbourne’s rescheduled Midsumma Festival recalls the sights, sounds and conflicts of the old Kings Cross in Sydney.
- by Steve Dow