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★★★½
Sydney live reviews
A film within a play within a play: This show is clever, funny … and confusing
Our reviewers take a look at some of the shows around town, including Frame Narrative and Wit.
- by John Shand
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Gaslight a Victorian gothic museum piece with an inspired twist
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes a menacing gothic drama, ’80s pop at the Palais with The Human League and The Streets’ commitment to crowd-surfing.
- by Cameron Woodhead, Nadia Bailey and Andrew McClelland
Move over David Williamson, we have a new five-star footy play
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes a thrilling play about footy and racism; the Jonas Brothers’ play Rod Laver Arena on first-ever Australian tour, Fred again..’s instant arena tour; and two comedies: one about two super-Karens meeting for their weekly lunch, and another about two young men who have to deal with a sick cow.
- by Cameron Woodhead, Marcus Teague and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
★★★★
Sydney live reviews
The Human League put on a classic retro show – but it’s all about that one song
Our critics give their verdict on the latest shows around town, including the Human League, Yothu Yindi, Hannah Gadsby, the Song Company, Angelique Kidjo and Bell Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
- by John Shand, Peter McCallum, Daniel Herborn, Shamim Razavi, Michael Ruffles and James Jennings
Amy Hack is captivating as Yentl in this transgressive tale’s return
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes Yentl at the Malthouse, a revival of The Sound of Music in St Kilda, the stage adaptation of The Hate Race, Sampha at Margaret Court Arena, Shonen Knife, and a fiery triple bill at the Melbourne Recital Centre.
- by Sonia Nair, Cher Tan, Jessica Nicholas, Michael Dwyer and Cameron Woodhead
★★★★½
Sydney live reviews
The masterful Lehman Trilogy is a work tinged with human greatness
Our critics take a look at some of the latest shows around town.
- by Michael Ruffles, John Shand, James Jennings and Millie Muroi
Women strive to define themselves in this love letter to the words the dictionary leaves out
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes The Dictionary of Lost Words at Arts Centre Melbourne, 7 Captiva Road, and the 3MBS Marathon.
- by Cameron Woodhead and Barney Zwartz
★★★½
Sydney live reviews
Carlotta is still doing everything her own way at 80
Our critics take a look at some of the latest shows around town.
- by Harriet Cunningham, Peter McCallum and John Shand
P!nk gets the party started with her own acrobatic carnival
Sassy, bold, and happy to belt out her hits from a flying trapeze, it could only be P!nk, back in town for yet another run of stadium extravaganzas.
- by Will Cox
★★★★★
Melbourne live reviews
All musical theatre lovers should see this show at least once
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes Rent at the State Theatre, The Crying Room: Exhumed, Greentea Peng, Cuddle, and Queens of the Stone Age.
- by Cameron Woodhead, Andrew Fuhrmann, Vyshnavee Wijekumar and Nadia Bailey
The eerie fairytale offering up a surreal exploration of grief
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes MTC’s Meet Me at Dawn, Brodie Murray’s The Whisper, The Duchess of Malfi, and Blink-182’s return to Melbourne.
- by Cameron Woodhead and Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen