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- Heather Bloom
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is an entirely tone-deaf production that takes the concept of cultural appropriation to new levels of cringe and offensiveness.
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- Stephanie Johnson
Playwright Joshua White’s new work The Mentor is an intriguing and deft two-hander that tackles the tricky topic of ageism in the acting world.
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- Doug Knight
As theatre goes this is as tight, as well produced, as superbly directed, as big budget and as extravagant as you’re ever likely to see.
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- Penelope Broadbent
In Day After Terrible Day, facts are somewhat unimportant. This is a sensory experience which tempts its audience into becoming participants in the story.
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- Stephanie Glickman
You can’t get more universal in the ballet world than Swan Lake. The tale of good versus evil, love and betrayal, punctuated with the demure artistry of female swans en masse, has been danced and re-fashioned for decades, yet it never goes out of fashion.
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- Stephanie Johnson
Janet's Vagrant Love is promoted as a work 20 years in the making. Crombie shares her truth telling stories of childhood trauma and the struggles of raising your Blak men as a single mum doing the best she can for her boys.
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- Stephanie Glickman
Part interactive theatre, part performance art, with an extensive offerings of mini-desserts, Liminal Treats by Scratch Arts is a tricky show to pinpoint, even by Fringe standards.
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- Stephanie Glickman
Totally beautiful and distinctly meditative, Pendulum is a formal work, impressive for its specificity and clear spacial intentions with corresponding sounds.
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